2012 year ender

The year 2012 was supposed to witness Egypt’s transition from the revolutionary state back to the stability of elected bodies…

Mohamed, 24, studied tourism and graduated two years ago. The timing was unfortunate. By February 2011 — during and immediately…

Political instability has taken its toll on the tourism industry since the 25 January revolution. The continued security vacuum and…

When asked last September about a title for a talk I was to give at Yale University, where I am…

With revolutions and resolutions, winter in Egypt has become a time of change and resistance, and as the winter chill…

Copts, many would say, have been persistently subject to sectarianism at the hands both of the state, and society more…

At some point during the shooting of “Ein Shams” in 2008, Ibrahim El Batout had a camera rigged on a…

A submission to Salafi thought, wishy-washy attitudes vis-à-vis social protests, the adoption of a rural culture. With these three inflammatory…

Ten days before the March 2011 constitutional referendum, hundreds of soldiers went on a rampage in Tahrir Square, tearing up…

Various exciting initiatives have sprouted in the field of environment this year. Three of them in particular have shown extraordinary…