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A discovery of poetry

Some people’s lives are marked by their concern for others. That is…

Cesar Chelala

Islands transfer backs Al-Sisi’s regime further into corner

The regime has its back to the wall. Egypt's president, reputed for…

Wael Eskandar

Gender relations in Egypt: a philosophical facelift

An Egyptian philosopher friend advised me to watch The Three Faces of…

Emad El-Din Aysha

Egyptian football fans set stage for growing anti-government protests

Militant, street battle-hardened Egyptian football fans set the stage for growing protests…

James Dorsey

25 April: Egypt’s paradox of repression

State repression has been one of the main characteristics of Egypt’s post-30…

Ziad A. Akl

FIFA, human rights, and politics: one step forward, two steps back

World football body FIFA’s creation of a watchdog to monitor the living…

James Dorsey

Foreigners, but friends of Egypt

I used to think that immigration was about migrants moving from a…

Mohammed Nosseir

Those plagued with war and those plagued with hatred

Are we plagued with political hatred? This question always arises when I…

Where is the parliament headed?

Once the parliament started holding its initial sessions, problems and disagreements arose…

Abdallah Al-Moghazy

Saudi player’s public haircut spotlights kingdom’s existential dilemmas

Waleed Abdullah probably did not know what was happening to him when…

James Dorsey