23 July

The people’s friend or foe?
Books

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

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

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

Their revolution and ours

Today marks 59 years since the July Revolution, an event that has defined the last half century of Egyptian history.…
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