Paul Sedra

 Egypt’s foreign reserves have fallen to a startlingly low US$13.6 billion — the lowest level for reserves since 1997, and…

As President Mohamed Morsy wagged his finger at Egyptians in his televised address to the nation on 27 January, my…

There is a particular image from 25 January 2011 that has left an indelible mark on my consciousness — one…

In the past two months of the country’s purported transition to democracy, the legal realm has come to the fore…

As year two of the revolution comes to a close, one can scarcely escape the conclusion in media circles that…

All Egyptians have heard variations of the tale throughout their lives. As far back as the time of Muhammad Ali…

The lines are now drawn. Five months ago, when President Mohamed Morsy presented himself to Tahrir as a revolutionary, there…

When former President Hosni Mubarak introduced amendments to the 1971 Constitution in 2007, the always contested issue of the status…

Mourning has seemed the order of the day in Egypt this week. Just as Egyptians prepared to remember and mourn…

Although the principal issue in this year’s US presidential election was America’s still-flagging economy, there is little question that the…

 Roughly 2,400 electors on 29 October will cast ballots to narrow the field for the papal seat of the Coptic…

One year ago, nearly 30 Egyptians, almost all Coptic Christians protesting against sectarian violence, were murdered as they marched at…

 

 The hysteria that now afflicts the American media with reference to the anti-US protests in the Arab and Muslim worlds…

In one of the last pieces he published at Salon before moving to The Guardian, the American columnist Glenn Greenwald…

 

Anxiety is running high among Egypt’s liberals and secularists. President Mohamed Morsy and the Islamist constituency that elected him pose…

The casual observer of Egypt’s politics could hardly be blamed for thinking that Egypt’s Copts are facing the worst crisis…

Just over ten years ago, before the illness that took his life yesterday had sapped his body’s strength, I had the…