nationalism
EU leaders to agree on social rights to woo voters
World
November 17, 2017
EU leaders to agree on social rights to woo voters
European Union leaders will proclaim a set of 20 “social rights” on Friday in a bid to make the EU…
#NewNationalism: Turkey takes its nationalism with a dose of Islam
Middle East
September 19, 2017
#NewNationalism: Turkey takes its nationalism with a dose of Islam
Turkey is experiencing rapid change as its government become increasingly authoritarian. DW’s Fanny Facsar headed to Turkey to find out…
Anti-Japan protests erupt as island row escalates
World
August 21, 2012
Anti-Japan protests erupt as island row escalates
REUTERS — Anti-Japanese protests rocked Chinese cities on Sunday after nationalists from Japan landed on an East China Sea island…
Why remember Dinshawai?
Opinion
June 12, 2011
Why remember Dinshawai?
Today marks the 105th anniversary of the Dinshawai Incident, the dramatic event that any Egyptian school child will dutifully identify…
The specter of Egypt’s colonial interior
Opinion
April 11, 2011
The specter of Egypt’s colonial interior
In the spring of 1896, the British Consul-General and de facto colonial overlord of Egypt, Lord Cromer, submitted his annual…
The khawaga’s lament
Opinion
March 30, 2011
The khawaga’s lament
As Al-Masry Al-Youm’s only non-Egyptian regular columnist, I have the painful but necessary task to highlight how foreigners residing in…
Revolutionaries launch campaign to clean up slum areas
Environment
February 27, 2011
Revolutionaries launch campaign to clean up slum areas
A group of 25 January revolutionaries have mounted a campaign entitled “For the love of Egypt”, allocating two days weekly…
Forty years after his death, Egyptians remember, honor Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
September 28, 2010
Forty years after his death, Egyptians remember, honor Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nearly all of Egypt's daily newspapers--whether state-owned, independent or opposition--ran tributes to former president Gamal Abdel Nasser on the 40th…
Geddo and messianic football
Opinion
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…