The Revolution will not be eroticised

Amro Ali 12 November 2012

Even before Islamists made their mark, the state oversaw how people thought, felt and behaved. This guiding philosophy of the Mubarak regime has been inherited by the Islamists – it is an insult to millions of Egyptians who detest the state for treating them as children.

Egypt's draft constitution: an analysis

Zaid Al-Ali 8 November 2012

The text of the Egyptian state's new constitution is reaching a critical juncture. How does it measure up to fundamental rights and principles, and accord with recent constitutional practice elsewhere in the world? Zaid Al-Ali inspects the document.

Bye-bye Egypt - we cannot take the traffic any more

Dina El Sharnouby 4 November 2012

Cairo’s urban planning is separating the classes.

 


For lack of a leader in Egypt

Refaat Mohamed 4 November 2012

Mohamed ElBaradei represents the underground culture more clearly than any underground starving hip hop artist, or indie rocker who has refused to compromise.

Silent Commander-in-Chief: From Khaled Saeed to Malala Yousafzai

Amro Ali 29 October 2012

In the midst of revolution, martyrs and icons can become potent symbols that strike deep at the heart of Arab regimes.

 

American election, Egyptian perspectives

Karim Malak 25 October 2012

Where the world sees two radically opposed candidates, the Egyptian street sees two sides of the same coin.

US elections and the Gulf States

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi 23 October 2012

Do the Gulf States expect anything at all from the next president of the US? 

 

Attack as the best mode of defence in Egypt

Karim Adel 22 October 2012

The Muslim Brotherhood seems to be worried about freedom of expression, although they must realize that they cannot oppress those freedoms directly.

Tahrir Square: rent-a-thug culture

Amro Ali 15 October 2012

The Brotherhood should not delude themselves. The fact they have to bus in members from other governorates is the first clue that their strength is not in the urban heartlands.

Divided we fall: the ongoing quest for a single Muslim voice

Ahmed Kadry 9 October 2012

From a small incident at a local mosque in West London to the 'Innocence of Muslims' riots, a reflection on the current state of division among the Muslim community.

Disappointing outcomes of a student strike at the American University in Cairo

Dina El Sharnouby 8 October 2012

Reflecting on the student movement at AUC since 2011, some serious changes have taken place. What was once a student movement in collaboration with faculty has now turned into a student only movement.

Innocence of America: orientalism, hooligans and radicals

Jacqueline O'Rourke 1 October 2012

This is not a debate about “blasphemy”, about freedom of expression; this is a debate about a carefully orchestrated provocation, hate crimes and murder. Is it too much to ask that Americans be a little less “innocent” and that all the players who provoked these violent and surreal events be held accountable?

Chez Morsi : palace petitioners and street entrepreneurs in post-Mubarak Egypt

Leila Zaki Chakravarti 1 October 2012

As soon as Egypt’s first democratically-elected Islamist leader moved into the Presidential Palace, the surrounding streets became thronged by huge unruly crowds waving petitions addressed to the new ruler. Alongside them appeared an army of street vendors vigorously peddling their wares. Both forms of street action represent ways under the new political order for the disadvantaged to claim social and economic redress for past neglect and injustice.

The Arab world’s “Call me Doctor!” complex

Amro Ali 1 October 2012

You hear statements like, “I have a PhD in veterinary science, but I do know a bit about the changing Middle East socio-political landscape”.

نبينا غير المعصوم عن الخطأ

Sara Azmeh Rasmussen 24 September 2012
لقد ادت اعتداءات على عدة سفارات اجنبية و عمليات انتحارية مؤخرا لوقوع العديد من الضحايا. تنعقد مظاهرات كبيرة يوميا و تتبعها سلسلة من المقالات الإخبارية و التحليلية. إننا نرى و نسمع و نقرأ و نضيق بتساؤلات حول ما الذي جعل فيلما رخيص الإنتاج من هذه النوعية السيئة يولد ازمة دولية.

This week's editor

Heather McRobie


Niki Seth-Smith is a freelance journalist and co-editor of OurKingdom.

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