H.A. Hellyer

Dr H A Hellyer, a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution, is a Cairo-based specialist on Arab affairs, and relations between the Muslim world and the west. Fellow at ISPU, he was previously senior practice consultant at Gallup, and senior research fellow at Warwick University. Find him online @hahellyer and www.hahellyer.com .
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A Farce

A farce. That is all I can say about the NGO trial…

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‘Rebellion’ Campaign: Not undemocratic, but not quite useful…yet

In the past few weeks, media circles in Cairo have been buzzing…

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Nationally, regionally and internationally, government’s time is running out

The Egyptian government recently assembled a new cabinet in order to deliver…

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It’s the people, not the paper

In another country, at another time, writing about the Egypt Independent might…

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The responsibility of opposition

For months, from these pages and elsewhere, I have written a rather…

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J’accuse

Was the issuing of an arrest warrant for Bassem Youssef meant to…

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Military intervention and Egypt’s future

The military may be coming – and it seems like everyone knows…

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“The Revolution continues”: No longer a slogan

When the crowds swelled in the Square of Liberation in January 2011,…

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Tahrir Squared: the discussion continues

There is no stopping the train, and it is important to do…

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Egypt is not Somalia (it isn’t Switzerland, either)

The last two weeks were not a huge surprise. For some, it…

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