Despite delay, EU mission will observe presidential election
EU Election Observer Mission decide to move forward with full election observation following release of equipment
Latest in Tag: Dr H A Hellyer Highlight
Latest in Tag: Dr H A Hellyer
My Friend, Bassem Sabry: One of the good people
“Why is it that all the good people die in this country?” (Bassem Sabry, 24 March 2013) I saw a couple of friends recently â both of them had been reasons I loved the âCity Victoriousâ, but who had lately moved away from Cairo. We hadn’t met up together in a very long time, …
The New Year
On New Yearâs Day, the Dar al-Iftaâ al-Misriyyah declared that 13 January would be the anniversary of the Prophetâs birthday in Egypt. It seems awfully fitting that at the dawn of 2014, this official government body would be in the fortuitous position of making that declaration â particularly as it means that the Prophetâs birthday …
Maybe time for the MB?
A political accommodation needs to be created with regards to the Muslim Brotherhood, Dr H A Hellyer argues
The responsibility of opposition
For months, from these pages and elsewhere, I have written a rather large number of articles criticising the conduct and performance of Egyptâs post-uprising political forces. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), which resumed power after Hosni Mubarak, gave a good deal of material for me to work with. I knew at the …
Military intervention and Egypt’s future
The military may be coming â and it seems like everyone knows and is waiting for it, except the Muslim Brotherhood. The irony is: they are the ones who have the most to lose. A new intervention into governance by the Egyptian armed forces is something that many in the political, social and economic elite …
“The Revolution continues”: No longer a slogan
When the crowds swelled in the Square of Liberation in January 2011, the chant of al-shaâab yurid isqat al-nidham (âthe people demand the fall of the regimeâ) was a pithy slogan. By the time Hosni Mubarak was pushed out of power eighteen days later, Tahrir Square had become much more than simply a place where …
Tahrir Squared: the discussion continues
There is no stopping the train, and it is important to do all that is possible to try to get to the right destination, rather than just go faster
Shape up or ship out
Dr. H.A. Hellyer: Shape up or ship out
The nurseries: a dutiful father goes AWOL for Arabic
When my wife and I were choosing nurseries in Cairo, we wanted, naturally, the best education for our child that we could afford. Of course, our choices were not the same as most Cairenes; we were, admittedly, looking at the same nurseries which are the choices of the economic elite of Egypt. Therein, I came …
Defeatism cannot be allowed to overcome Syria
âToday our revolution enters its toughest stages and the cruelty of the regime against our people is proven limitless.â For all the issues that the Egyptian revolution has yet to resolve, Egyptians did not pen the above words. Representatives of the Local Coordination Committees in Syria did, and even as Egyptians have continued to be …