Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei - openDemocracy

El Sisi's tainted legitimacy

Elections have exposed the fragility of Sisi’s rule and sent up warning signs of the dangerous path that will be pursued. Votes are being counted, and declaring Sisi the winner is just a formality. However, a tainted legitimacy will haunt him.

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei

/ 29 May 2014

El Sisi's tainted legitimacy

Elections have exposed the fragility of Sisi’s rule and sent up warning signs of the dangerous path that will be pursued. Votes are being counted, and declaring Sisi the winner is just a formality. However, a tainted legitimacy will haunt him.

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei

/ 29 May 2014

Taming Tahrir (Part 2): re-appropriating Al-Midan and co-opting memory

By replacing the cement block with gates, the regime is not only curtailing the infrastructure of protest and dissent, but it is also destroying many of the meanings that Tahrir stood for: freedom, justice, and citizens’ reclamation of public space.

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei

/ 12 Feb 2014

Taming Tahrir (Part 2): re-appropriating Al-Midan and co-opting memory

By replacing the cement block with gates, the regime is not only curtailing the infrastructure of protest and dissent, but it is also destroying many of the meanings that Tahrir stood for: freedom, justice, and citizens’ reclamation of public space.

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei

/ 12 Feb 2014

The (anti-) protest law: no more public space in Egypt?

The battle for dominance over public space in Egypt will continue, determining the future relationship between state and society.

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei

/ 29 Nov 2013

The (anti-) protest law: no more public space in Egypt?

The battle for dominance over public space in Egypt will continue, determining the future relationship between state and society.

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei

/ 29 Nov 2013

Taming Tahrir (Part One)

Tahrir has witnessed five milestones that have eventually resulted in a mixed reality which paves the way for the sidestepping of the January revolution.

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei

/ 13 Aug 2013