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Latest in Tag: politics
From January to June: Egyptâs âeliteâ question
By virtue of my studies, my work and my own individual perversions, I happen to be one of those who enjoy reading political theory. However, I do not intend to actually write about political or social theory. I simply wanted to point out to how in different political and social theories from different times, perspectives …
Rent boys
By Philip Whitfield Whoâd be in the presidentâs shoes? Adly schleps in the shadows. Morsi shuffles round prison in his. Mubarak hobbles in hospital pumps. Sadat died with his on. Nasser wore his out on socialismâs slippery slope. Whoâs got the courage to give the old ways a kicking? The economist Felix Inmonti says rent-funded …
Barbatoze
Sherif Adelâs weekly look at Egyptâs events.
One-hit wonders
In a country that has become infatuated with political talk, the lack of sustainable political actions never ceases to amaze me. Despite their instantaneous impact, several movements that have surfaced on the Egyptian political scene in the past 10 years never took off or accomplished the form of continuity which brings about significant structural change. …
Waiting in the QueueâŠ
Weâve been fighting for fifty years the same war, we canât forget And the country is like a waiting room, And the queue reaches the airport âFrom the Queueâ, By Mashrouâ Leila âŠâŠâŠ.. A picture of a wedding, where the bridesmaids are all wearing army fatigues, appears on your timeline. Another picture of a different …
State of the union
As President Morsi walked into Al-Azhar conference hall on the âNight of Powerâ in Ramadan of 2013, the room rose. The last time he had spoken on such an occasion, General Sisi had replaced Field Marshal Tantawi, and Mr. Morsi had taken full control of the presidential office. Tonight was different, however; he addressed not …
Fahmy meets Russian security chief
Russia to strengthen relations with Egypt due to its prominent role in the region, says ministry
There will be no progress
There will be no progress, as long as we keep repeating the same mistakes, as long as hypocrisy and lies are the name of the game, as long as no real change happens. There will be no progress in the Tourism industry, as long as our government continues to believe that it is a âmarketingâ …
Education, a waste of money?
âZahma moot, (it is very crowded) and itâs not yet 9 AM.â The taxi driver is complaining. Traffic is already gridlocked early in the morning (yes, Egyptians consider 9 AM early). And then he asks, âhow bad is it going to be when schools open?â It got me thinking; maybe schools should be cancelled all …
Bartered bride
Philip Whitfield Brave reporting by Hamza Hendawi. His Associated Press copy from Dalga makes your blood boil. Morsi supporters are ethnically cleansing Christians in a town a hop skip and a jump from Tahrir Square. The police stand idly by while 20,000 Christian homes and businesses are torched. An Orthodox priestâs house is burned down. …
Sisi come, Sisi go!
If somehow we managed to research the words used most frequently by Egyptians in the past three months, Iâm sure âAl-Sisiâ would come high up on that list. You can easily recognise the kind of political atmosphere youâre caught in the middle of simply by noticing the reactions of people to the Generalâs name. Al-Sisi …
Barbatoze
Sherif Adelâs weekly look at Egyptâs events.
Musical Chairs
You have to admit that despite all the heartaches that we have come to encounter in Egypt, the place is becoming quite the rollercoaster ride. It is interesting to watch how roles are being exchanged at dizzying velocity. A once villain is now considered prince charming, a once prince charming is now seen as a …
Russia gives Syria chemical arms plan to US: reports
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry are preparing to discuss on Thursday a Russian plan to collect and destroy Syrian chemical weapons.
Doctors in Paris
Resident Egyptians protest political events in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Strategy
There are three schools utilised by the state facing strategic Political Violence, also known as terrorism: 1) The Justice System model, where the police and the judiciary pursue such acts as civilian criminal offenses (the most effective model  and takes place in civilised democratic countries; but to be fair, it usually takes a really long …
Has the police state returned?
In the previous article, we discussed the secret conflict raging between supporters of the old regime and advocates of a democratic state. We discussed in detail the nature of the supporters of the old regime, and the different fault lines which exist within this group, in addition to the propensity of those from the the …
Fahmy hosts Turkish opposition member in Cairo
Deputy head of the Turkish Republican Peopleâs Party discusses Egyptian-Turkish relations
Stop the battle cries, people need hope
The gas bill collector cried at my door. He is not a young man but an Egyptian man in his mid-forties, who is a husband and a father. Culturally, men are not supposed to cry, but nevertheless, he did. He fought the tears in his eyes and the lump in his throat and lost. He …
In Syria, the punishment must fit the crime
By Ammar Abdulhamid, Now News If the purpose of the looming US-intervention in Syria is to restore America’s credibility, and more specifically President Obama’s, which has suffered measurably on the international scene as a result of his foot-dragging over the last two and a half years, then a limited intervention will prove insufficient and will …
Manufacturing Fear
There was a taste lost between bitterness, anger and shock last Thursday when the news about the attempt to assassinate the Minister of Interior was out. I donât know how many of you lived in Egypt in the early 90s, but there was a time that I most clearly remember where such acts of terror …
Why comparisons between Tunisia and Egypt arenât helpful
By Maria Glenna Tunis â The suspension of Tunisiaâs National Constituent Assembly on 7 August once again prompted comparisons between Tunisia and Egypt by political analysts and the media, asking if Tunisia will devolve into the violence we have recently seen in Egypt. It is true that there are similarities between Egypt and Tunisia. Both …
Fighting talk
By Philip Whitfield A just war? Or just a war? Martyrdom versus military might? How far is Syriaâs Assad willing to go? Or will he go willingly? Who wins? Does everyone lose? Apparently you can be at both ends and in the middle at the same time. Bashar the Beast fights bantamweight: bare-knuckle with the …
President Obama Should Heed World Leadersâ Opinion
By Dr Cesar Chelala At the St. Petersburg meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) of developed and developing economies, President Barak Obama faced growing opposition on his decision to go to war with Syria by almost all world leaders, with the exception of Franceâs President. At a critical moment in that conflict, President Obama would be wise to follow the …
Egypt’s underground sisterhood
What the post-revolutionary Islamist and conservative onslaught against Egyptian women distorts is the growing strength of Egypt’s feminist counter-culture and grassroots female emancipation. Surveying Egypt’s political landscape, you might be excused for thinking that women are a minority. Only five members of the Committee of 50 tasked with revising the constitution are women. Unsurprisingly, this …
Squandered Opportunities
Over the past 3 years, there may have been numerous instances when Egypt has taken the wrong turn. Some of those wasted chances are indeed lamentable. The bitter irony is that 32 months following 25 Jan, there isnât a single concrete aspect in Egypt that justifies the soaring death tolls, the economic stalemate, the degradation …
Constitutional amendments: Repeating past mistakes?
Parallel to the ongoing political turmoil, the country is having its second constitutional debate. The amendments have been criticised heavily and they will be handed over to the constituent assembly that was formed this week. Daily News Egypt reviews the amendments and the criticism of them.
Education, the spy-duck and threats to Egypt
âThe police had confiscated a spy-duck.â This was how my reporters greeted me five days ago. At first I thought it was another pun by DNEâs wily reporters until they showed me the links in Arabic; the police confiscated a duck carrying a âstrangeâ device. Two days later, after the intervention of animal activists, the …
Where will the hidden struggle lead between Egyptâs democracy supporters and members of the old regime?
It is no longer a secret that the removal of the Muslim Brotherhood came as the result of an unannounced, strategic partnership between Egyptâs democracy forces and supporters of the old regime, (i.e. supporters of Hosni Mubarak, Gamal Abd el-Nasser and Muhammed Ali). This partnership did not possess long term goals, as those from the …
Snippets from a fun society
On June 26th, four days before June 30th, I was driving home to Heliopolis passing by Ghamra, when the following took place in 60 seconds: The driver of the car in front of me suddenly got his arm out, which had a gun, and proceeded to shoot three times in the air, before swerving and …