Adel Iskandar
Blood ballots
Opinion
December 31, 2012
Blood ballots
Ten days before the March 2011 constitutional referendum, hundreds of soldiers went on a rampage in Tahrir Square, tearing up…
Lemons and raisins
Opinion
November 11, 2012
Lemons and raisins
Yassin and Ali, both of generation Tahrir, were embroiled in a heated argument ahead of the presidential election between presidential…
Watching the demise of journalistic form
Opinion
September 4, 2012
Watching the demise of journalistic form
I am no wordsmith, but I have a fascination with language. I am no grumpy grammarian, but I admire clean…
The new face of Egypt
Opinion
August 18, 2012
The new face of Egypt
On Monday morning, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi woke up and didn’t recognize himself in the mirror. Once the last man…
Egypt’s shooting of an elephant
Opinion
August 11, 2012
Egypt’s shooting of an elephant
In a span of 10 days, militants killed 16 Egyptian guards near the Israeli border, Amr al-Bunni died trying to…
Patron Saints
Opinion
August 1, 2012
Patron Saints
Egypt’s revolution was leaderless, but not everyone got the memo. Today legions gravitate towards one notable or another, one visionary…
Egypt’s deafening three-letter yell
Opinion
July 17, 2012
Egypt’s deafening three-letter yell
When comedian Ahmed Mekky uttered the Latinized acronym for the slang term “aha” in his film “H Dabbour,” he broke…
Morsy’s debts
Opinion
July 8, 2012
Morsy’s debts
For 16 months, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has tried to convince us we are indebted to it…
The conscientious objectors
Opinion
June 16, 2012
The conscientious objectors
In August 1966, at the height of the Vietnam War when the United States was embroiled in a deep and…
Egypt’s three-horned bull
Opinion
May 28, 2012
Egypt’s three-horned bull
Being a non-smoker in Cairo is a tiring experience, never mind the inhalation of suffocating fumes from vehicle exhausts and…