Refaat Mohamed - openDemocracy

“So Egypt, what exactly do you want?"

Stuck between a rock and a hard place the Egyptian people have been juggling between quasi-civil rulers, and military rule since JAN 25.

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 15 Jul 2013

Talateen seta

The '30-June', (or 'talateen seta' as it is in Arabic), is a password that you can depend on every time to discharge an endless volley of complaints and political theories and speculations. Not everybody is against Morsi and the Brotherhood...

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 1 Jul 2013

Me and the Copts Part One

“My name is Ahmed, this is my brother Mahmoud, and this is Hany, and that last kid is Christian”

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 10 Jun 2013

Thrift shops tell you something

In Egypt we have a lot of people who are dirt poor, and a thin stratum that has lavish spending habits. They spend their money on things that are trivial and just plain inconsiderate when it comes to their fellow citizens.

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 11 Apr 2013

Mubarak is a state of mind

Youths would just waste their lives away, willingly or unwillingly, it did not matter much: what mattered was that their lives were wasted. It was wasted on drugs, drowning in the sea while following a mirage, following false leaders.

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 20 Mar 2013

Dancing in Muqattam

An everyday story of life in Egypt.

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 4 Mar 2013

When I can’t die

I grew up in a family that has been fanatical about death, although they claim the contrary. They took being concerned about death to a whole, other, unhealthy level.

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 18 Feb 2013

Egypt: taking people for fools

They justify, and justify, and cannot stop justifying, and I think the fact that someone needs to justify everything he does, means that something is wrong.

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 4 Feb 2013

National myth in Egypt

Unless we, the people, and the regime that is in charge of the country, admit that we are very close to rock bottom, we had better be prepared to face the dire consequences.

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 21 Jan 2013

Who to blame and what to hope for

What is unique and difficult about this new chapter in the developing saga is that it is the Egyptian people fighting each other.

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 9 Dec 2012

On the subject of pornography: what the politicians are up to

Don’t they realize that once they start prosecuting people for breaching these rules, this is just the beginning of a vicious downward cycle? And that there is a lot depending on such decisions?

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 19 Nov 2012

For lack of a leader in Egypt

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

By Refaat Mohamed

/ 4 Nov 2012