Decoding Egypt: On New Ideas and Change
My last article quoted a statement made by the English writer Arthur…
Decoding Egypt: It's a Shame Culture, Stamp Sexual Harassers
CAIRO: Sociologists consider Egyptian society a "shame culture, in which the status…
Decoding Egypt: Sex at First Sight
CAIRO: The unprecedented court verdict that handed 10 rapists the death penalty…
Decoding Egypt: Enemies of Reason
Tolerance among the contending ideologies that dominate Egypt s political and cultural…
Decoding Egypt: Against the National Interest
CAIRO: Although the concept of the "national interest (or "public interest )…
Decoding Egypt: Beyond Al-Nada Murder
CAIRO: The recent murder of two college girls at Al-Nada Compound, Sheikh…
Decoding Egypt : On Charisma
The concept of charisma - derived from the Greek word for grace…
Decoding Egypt: Painful Juxtapositions
CAIRO: To many Egyptians, juxtaposing the drawbacks of their nation with the…
Decoding Egypt: Abolishing the Rentier Mentality
If anything in Egypt is worth learning from the global financial crisis,…
Decoding Egypt: The Headache of Gaza
Gaza has turned in the past few years into a major preoccupation…