Mai Shams El-Din
Referendum voting patterns reveal changing political map, dwindling faith in process
Egypt
January 3, 2013
Referendum voting patterns reveal changing political map, dwindling faith in process
The results of this month’s constitutional referendum may reveal an important shift in the country’s political map, as well as…
Tuesday’s papers: Egypt’s newspapers celebrate 2013, slam protest draft law
Egypt
January 1, 2013
Tuesday’s papers: Egypt’s newspapers celebrate 2013, slam protest draft law
Egypt’s newspapers celebrate the New Year with a recount of the last year’s turbulent events, while the attack over a…
Between the state and the church
Egypt
January 1, 2013
Between the state and the church
Copts, many would say, have been persistently subject to sectarianism at the hands both of the state, and society more…
Voting in Qalyubiya’s Banha highlights generation gap
Egypt
December 22, 2012
Voting in Qalyubiya’s Banha highlights generation gap
BANHA, Qalyubiya — Voting patterns in Qalyubiya Governorate's northern city of Bahna highlighted an age-specific split, as the second…
An evolving saga: Hazemoun, the Brotherhood, and the Interior Ministry
Egypt
December 20, 2012
An evolving saga: Hazemoun, the Brotherhood, and the Interior Ministry
Supporters of Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, a prominent Salafi cleric and disqualified presidential candidate, have re-emerged in the past weeks…
Tuesday’s papers: Prosecutor general resigns, judges escalate conflict
Egypt
December 19, 2012
Tuesday’s papers: Prosecutor general resigns, judges escalate conflict
The news of the resignation of Prosecution General Talaat Abdallah and the ongoing judicial battle against the constitutional referendum filled…
Sawiris sells ONtv to Tunisian businessman
Egypt
December 16, 2012
Sawiris sells ONtv to Tunisian businessman
A surprise decision by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris to sell his satellite channel ONtv to Tunisian film producer Tarak Ben…
Wednesday’s papers: ‘Yes’ vs. ‘No’
Egypt
December 12, 2012
Wednesday’s papers: ‘Yes’ vs. ‘No’
Scenes of streets full of protesters supporting or denouncing President Mohamed Morsy's decisions have become the daily routine over the…
Critics say Brotherhood using Mubarak-era propaganda
Egypt
December 6, 2012
Critics say Brotherhood using Mubarak-era propaganda
On its front page on 28 November, the newspaper that bears the same name as the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party,…
An account of the attack on the presidential palace sit-in
Egypt
December 6, 2012
An account of the attack on the presidential palace sit-in
Clashes escalated between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsy around the presidential palace in Heliopolis on Wednesday after the…