The Demise of the 'omnipotent' Egyptian State
"I wonder about you peasant; you use your mattock to break up…
Is Egypt Still 'the Gift of the Nile'?
Egypt's unique relationship with the River Nile was probably best captured by…
Cairo's Taxi: Tragedy and farce juxtaposed
Eighty thousand taxis roam Cairo every day. They have become part and…
The Death of the Reader: An Epitaph
In the late 1960s, the renowned French philosopher and literary critic Roland…