Opinion
Scenarios for presidential succession
August 11, 2010
Scenarios for presidential succession
The health of President Hosni Mubarak is not a private matter. It’s a public concern whose smallest details should be…
Behind the affability
August 10, 2010
Behind the affability
Gamal Mubarak met with Egyptian university students last week, fielding questions and comments about a range of sensitive issues: corruption,…
Reading Tony Judt in Cairo
August 10, 2010
Reading Tony Judt in Cairo
A few days ago, the world mourned the passing of Tony Judt, a British historian of repute and engaged public…
Boycotting elections? The wrong question
August 9, 2010
Boycotting elections? The wrong question
The current state of political mobilization and intensifying protests and strikes in Egypt has created a fanciful impression that change…
The road to denial
August 8, 2010
The road to denial
The Egyptian press recently reported that President Mubarak will soon inaugurate the new Saft el-Laban corridor, connecting Cairo University to…
A tortuous problem
August 5, 2010
A tortuous problem
The potential seems almost endless. More than two hundred thousand people have registered their support on the Facebook page “We…
Geddo and messianic football
August 4, 2010
Geddo and messianic football
A big story has monopolized the Egyptian press for days. Not the likelihood of war between Israel and Lebanon, not…
Pandering to power
August 3, 2010
Pandering to power
In Tora Prison in the 1970s, the patience of political prisoners who had been held there for years was fraying…
It’s complicated
August 3, 2010
It’s complicated
The Middle East is a complicated place, perhaps no part of it more so than Lebanon, where all of the…
Monarchical nostalgia: A grand illusion
July 31, 2010
Monarchical nostalgia: A grand illusion
Many Egyptians long for the days of the monarchy and mourn the loss of refined sensibilities associated with a cultured…