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Al-Azhar of post-revolutionary Egypt

Al-Azhar recently issued a document renouncing violence as an attempt to pacify…

Sarah El Masry Sarah El Masry

A paralysed city: The diesel fuel crisis

Though it is not the first time a gas or diesel shortage…

Sarah El Masry Sarah El Masry

On boycotting the elections: Shadow vote

Can boycotting the parliamentary elections yield results for the opposition?

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein

Lack of labour reform: Egypt’s ticking time bomb

The recent history of Egypt’s labour force under Mubarak and SCAF points…

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein

Where corruption thrives: Public universities in Egypt

Public universities in Egypt are institutions with multi-layered corruption from sexual harassment…

Sarah El Masry Sarah El Masry

The Rise and fall of Mubarak

On the second anniversary of his stepping down, DNE illustrates the journey…

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha

Female genital mutilation: A bitter experience

On the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, the…

Sarah El Masry Sarah El Masry

The Battle of the Camel: the final straw for Mubarak’s regime

Two years after the deadly Battle of the Camel, the people behind…

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam

The Battle of the Camel: Understanding the ‘counter-revolutionaries’

A common practice in Egypt has been to label your opposition as…

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez

Timeline: 18 Days of the revolution

Main events from the tumultuous days of Janaury and February 2011 that…

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