Features/Interviews
Anti-sectarian activism in Egypt: Fundamental or futile?
January 8, 2011
Anti-sectarian activism in Egypt: Fundamental or futile?
In the wake of the Alexandria church bombing, many secular groups combating sectarianism have resurfaced. A consortium of such groups…
Analysts fear fresh sectarian violence amid worsening socio-economic circumstances
January 3, 2011
Analysts fear fresh sectarian violence amid worsening socio-economic circumstances
In the aftermath of the New Year's Eve church bombing in Alexandria that killed 22 and injured scores of others,…
Probe of Egypt church bomb focuses on local group
January 3, 2011
Probe of Egypt church bomb focuses on local group
Egyptian police are focusing their investigation into the New Year's suicide bombing of a church on a group of Islamic…
Egypt’s Copts mull response to New Years Alex church attack
January 2, 2011
Egypt’s Copts mull response to New Years Alex church attack
Egypt's Coptic Christian community is reeling in the wake of the deadly New Year's Eve terrorist attack on the Church…
Analysts: Signs of Al-Qaeda visible in Alexandria blast
January 2, 2011
Analysts: Signs of Al-Qaeda visible in Alexandria blast
The nature of the New Year Eve’s attack that targeted a Coptic church in Alexandria, leaving at least 21 killed…
Year ender: What to expect from the new parliament, the parallel parliament?
December 31, 2010
Year ender: What to expect from the new parliament, the parallel parliament?
A new parliament dominated by the ruling party was elected in 2010, while a new parallel parliament composed of opposition…
Year Ender: Egypt’s torture face revealed
December 31, 2010
Year Ender: Egypt’s torture face revealed
On 6 June, 2010, Khaled Saeed, a doe-eyed 28 year-old man walked into an internet café he frequented on a…
Year Ender: 2010 ‘bad year’ for press freedom, say critics
December 30, 2010
Year Ender: 2010 ‘bad year’ for press freedom, say critics
The year 2010 was a bad one for journalistic freedom in Egypt, and, according to the forecasts of some media…
Cast Lead, 2 years on: Gaza faces twin specters of violence, economic decay
December 29, 2010
Cast Lead, 2 years on: Gaza faces twin specters of violence, economic decay
Gaza--Two years after Israel’s deadly Cast Lead assault on the Gaza Strip, the besieged territory continues to suffer from unfinished…
Year Ender: Regime-church tensions likely to intensify
December 29, 2010
Year Ender: Regime-church tensions likely to intensify
Although attacks on Christian property and places of worship do not represent a new phenomenon in Egypt’s recent history, experts…