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Egypt and Iran—odd bedfellows?
By Nervana Mahmoud The extraordinary and well-organised funeral procession of the deposed…
Sexual harassment, the Ikhwan and castration
“Suddenly I found my pants down, a hand between my legs. I…
Open sesame
By Philip Whitfield “Iftaḥ ya simsim” Ali Baba says, and the mouth…
Analyzing Morsi’s Presidency
Since Morsi took office, the map of political actors that existed under…
Amidst the chaos, a really bad NGO law is about to be enacted
By Robert Becker In a year that has been dominated so far…
Can Egypt have a foreign policy?
By Hussein Ibish In the context of ongoing political unrest, is it…
Egypt is not Somalia (it isn’t Switzerland, either)
The last two weeks were not a huge surprise. For some, it…
Six pieces, looking for an author
Far from violence, clashes and clouds of tear gas, from press releases…