Ferry Biedermann

Ferry Biedermann is a former Middle East correspondent for among others the Financial Times and is now a freelancer, still contributing to the FT and also to The National and Jane’s.

Egypt: when journalists are not welcome

Much of the debate revolved around the use of the word ‘coup’ in describing what had happened, not merely an issue of great symbolic importance but mainly a crucial determinant of continued American aid.

By Ferry Biedermann

/ 26 Jul 2013

Last call for Egypt's activists?

What Egypt’s revolutionary activists lack is a coherent organisational base. Only the Muslim Brotherhood manages to reach out to the electorate and by doing so easily grabs the levers of power.

By Ferry Biedermann

/ 28 Feb 2013