Tag: regime

Abu Hamed aims to oust Morsy (file photo) Mohamed Omar
EgyptPolitics

Abu Hamed referred to prosecution

Former member of parliament Mohamed Abu Hamed referred to the Supreme State…

Rana Muhammad Taha Rana Muhammad Taha
Opinion

A useful idiot

  Egyptian political theatre never fails to entertain, and its latest clowns…

Mohamed El-Bahrawi Mohamed El-Bahrawi
Former adviser to Tunisian President, Ayoub Messaoudi (centre), arrives for his trial at a military court in Tunis on 22 August AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID
PoliticsRegion

Former Presidential Advisor faces Military Tribunal in Tunisia

Trial symbolizes an affront to freedom of expression and fair trials

Connor Molloy Connor Molloy
Mustafa Salama
Opinion

Egypt: Military in Transition?

Morsy’s choice of Sedki to hold this position shows a departure from…

Mustafa Salama Mustafa Salama
Prime Minster Hesham Qandil announced yesterday government plans to increase natural gas prices for cement and brick factories from $4 per million BTU to $6 per million BTU. (File Photo) (AFP PHOTO)
EgyptPolitics

The insiders: ministry officials who finally got the big job

The last article in the Hesham Qandil's cabinet-examining series, by Ahmed Aboul…

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein
Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
EgyptPolitics

Continuity of command

Over a quarter of Qandil’s ministers have served under his predecessor

Ahmed Aboulenein Ahmed Aboulenein
An Egypt Air worker attempts to manage a huge crowd of people looking for flights at Cairo International Airport. Civil Aviation workers are conducting a sit-in because the Civil Aviation Ministry is run by a military man (photo: AFP/Chris Hondros)
EgyptPolitics

Pilots fight for civilian minister of civil aviation

Pilots have being staging a sit-in since Tuesday calling for the appointment…

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez