Shaykh al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayyib criticised the state of Arabs and Muslims worldwide – including, one presumes, its rulers.

Mubarak’s reign, the revolt against it, and all the tragedies that followed, remain as a stark reminder of what...

Why is Egypt in its current state? And what happened to the revolution? An interview with Joshua Stacher about his new book.

A love letter to exiles about revolutions, authoritarianism, and the brutal dictatorship in Egypt.

Are tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam about regional influence or limited...

Under IMF reforms, a third of Egyptians are living in poverty. But western institutions are celebrating their ‘success’.

The regime invokes the ghosts of 2013, reminding the opposition of its foundational moment.

Twitter’s behavior reflects an unspoken policy of protecting public figures from criticism.

Mohamed Ali’s videos exposed the corruption of the Egyptian regime, but the economic data tell an even darker story.

The remains of eyes and ears evoke a strong metaphor in a city haunted by constant state surveillance.

Egypt has long been dubbed the “Hollywood” of the Middle East. But with heightened state-imposed restrictions and...

How does the Egyptian regime make the mass wave of repression and violence justifiable?

Sisi has re-positioned Egypt to play host to major regional and international gatherings to legitimize his...

The EU will continue to provide material and political support to the Egyptian regime, as long as it serves its goals.

An attempt to remember, and cope with a trauma that pervades the lives of millions of Egyptians.

In today’s Egypt, millions are silent, nevertheless, they still remember.

There is a dynamic relationship between authoritarianism and resistance, whereby authoritarianism is never absolute,...

The constant state of denial that is a feature of the urban middle class and the regime is a necessity to maintain a...

The consequences of living this sort of double-life go far beyond family disagreements.

How can the work and thought of Antonio Gramsci help us make sense of the Arab Uprisings and their aftermath? Is...