1952 revolution
Revolutionary justice
Opinion
August 16, 2011
Revolutionary justice
"President Mubarak, Egyptian judges appreciate you deeply. It was you who restored the Egyptian Supreme Judicial Council at the outset…
Egypt’s museums: The Revolutionary Command Council Museum
Archaeology
August 3, 2011
Egypt’s museums: The Revolutionary Command Council Museum
A presidential decree in 1996 ordered that the 1952 Revolutionary Command Council headquarters be turned into a museum. Unlike the…
Streets of Cairo: Turn back time through 26th July Street
Life & Style
February 26, 2011
Streets of Cairo: Turn back time through 26th July Street
Walking down 26th July Street in downtown, scenes from black and white movies popped unbidden into my mind. I was…
Egypt’s changing middle class: Between Nasser and now
Egypt
July 22, 2010
Egypt’s changing middle class: Between Nasser and now
Last Ramadan, in defiance of all the dietary restrictions placed on an elderly diabetic, and after a heavy iftar, my…