Features/Interviews
Year Ender: Dissecting the ElBaradei phenomenon
December 29, 2010
Year Ender: Dissecting the ElBaradei phenomenon
It resembled the welcome a warrior receives upon returning from victory.In February 2010, thousands of young Egyptians rallied at Cairo…
Year Ender: Critics question regime’s response to mounting labor unrest
December 28, 2010
Year Ender: Critics question regime’s response to mounting labor unrest
This year has been marked by numerous incidents of labor unrest, raising questions as to how Egypt’s ruling regime plans…
Year Ender: Muslim Brotherhood to keep a low profile amid fears of repression and internal splits
December 27, 2010
Year Ender: Muslim Brotherhood to keep a low profile amid fears of repression and internal splits
After failing to secure a single seat in recent parliamentary elections that critics say were subject to pervasive violations, analysts…
Year Ender: Egypt and Israel, a souring relationship?
December 26, 2010
Year Ender: Egypt and Israel, a souring relationship?
During his December visit to Cairo, US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell said that his country was pressing Palestinians and…
Year Ender: Egypt braces for looming break-up of southern neighbor
December 26, 2010
Year Ender: Egypt braces for looming break-up of southern neighbor
Despite its oft-stated support for a united Sudan, Cairo has vowed to respect the outcome of a referendum on the…
Doctors protest plan to demolish Mideast’s largest psychiatric hospital
December 24, 2010
Doctors protest plan to demolish Mideast’s largest psychiatric hospital
A proposal to replace Abbasiya Psychiatric Hospital, the largest in the Middle East, with a new exhibition and convention center has provoked widespread…
INTERVIEW: ElBaradei on quiet revolution, reform tactics, and religion
December 23, 2010
INTERVIEW: ElBaradei on quiet revolution, reform tactics, and religion
Mohamed ElBaradei has chosen an interesting time to re-enter the Egyptian political arena. After his calls for a parliamentary election…
Outage takes out Skype, recovery taking hours
December 23, 2010
Outage takes out Skype, recovery taking hours
Internet phone and video service Skype went down in a global service outage on Wednesday, underscoring a weakness of the…
Press ceremony delivers awards to Egyptian photojournalists
December 23, 2010
Press ceremony delivers awards to Egyptian photojournalists
Egypt's most distinguished photojournalists and were commemorated on Tuesday night in a photo-gallery at the fourth annual press photo awards…
Interview with Tagammu Party chairman
December 22, 2010
Interview with Tagammu Party chairman
Refaat al-Said, chairman of the Tagammu Party, has said his leftist organization is currently revisiting its traditional stance of rejecting…