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6 1 Farid Zahran

Why should the young man move?

In the early days of the revolution, and since then over the last two years, my gaze has often been focused on the young Egyptian who has repeatedly climbed the lamp-posts of Tahrir Square in order to wave a flag in front of the masses. Because I have bad vision, whenever I go to the …

Farid Zahran

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Two years after the revolution: how our families changed

Many are hesitant about terming what happened in Egypt on 25 January 2011 a “revolution”. Their justification is that a revolution must break away from the past socially, politically and economically to create a new status quo. And this is not the case in Egypt. Yet. Egypt is undergoing political and economic change, but many people claim that socially nothing changed, at least positively. While it might take years to fully examine the changes in social and familial attitudes and behaviours, it is hard to turn a blind eye to the changes that have already occurred two years after 25 January 2011. Daily News Egypt speaks Egyptians and their families who have experienced changes that would not have occurred without the “revolution”.

Sarah El Masry

6 1 Philip Whitfields

Chinese chequered

By Philip Whitfield The enemy of my enemy is my friend – Arab and Chinese proverb. Fathom this out. The Egyptian foreign policy moves towards rebelling against the United States and others who want to shape Egypt’s policies through their financial aids. The words are those of Ambassador Mojtaba Amani, head of the Iranian Interests …

Daily News Egypt

Reasons for optimism in 2013

By Moustafa Menshawy Cairo – If you live in Egypt, there are many reasons to feel politically, socially and economically pessimistic. Political wrangling and polarisation keeps the country on the edge of civil unrest. Unemployment and poverty grow amid a stagnant economy, insufficient investment and a fragile tourism industry in shambles in the post-revolutionary scare. …

Daily News Egypt