23 July
The people’s friend or foe?
Books
July 24, 2012
The people’s friend or foe?
Sixty years after the 1952 revolution, the legacy of both President Gamal Abdel Nasser and his regime remain fraught territory.…
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…
Revisiting ‘Beer in the Snooker Club’ in revolutionary times
Books
July 24, 2011
Revisiting ‘Beer in the Snooker Club’ in revolutionary times
Waguih Ghali’s 1964 semi-autobiographical novel “Beer in the Snooker Club” is an idiosyncratic piece of literature, written in English by…
Their revolution and ours
Opinion
July 23, 2011
Their revolution and ours
Today marks 59 years since the July Revolution, an event that has defined the last half century of Egyptian history.…