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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 Egypt’s 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 …
Is there no other alternative to the Muslim Brotherhood?
It has been repeated many times in recent months that there exists no alternative to the Muslim Brotherhood in terms of selecting a group capable and organised enough to rule Egypt. Other organisations, it has been claimed, lack unity, do not have enough popular political support, or have no clear vision for a political platform. …
Al-Sisi denies knowledge of how State Security documents were shredded
Minister of Defence Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi says military intelligence did not investigate State Security break-ins, court refuses Shafiq question
Morsi expresses gratitude to the army amid demands to release confidential report
HRW demands the government release a confidential fact-finding report which implicates the army in human rights abuses
A daunting mission: Getting back Egypt’s stolen assets
Over the course of Hosni Mubarak’s rule, the illicit outflow of funds from Egypt are estimated at $132bn. After the January 2011 Revolution, countries such as Switzerland and the United Kingdom have been asked to freeze and repatriate Egypt’s stolen wealth. However, many legal, political and financial hindrances stand in the way. Daily News Egypt examines these hurdles and the efforts the Egyptian and foreign governments have exerted in order to recover these lost assets.
Morsi’s end
By Philip Whitfield Chitchat is Cairo’s currency. Spotting a rare bird in the undergrowth has set the tongues wagging. One swallow doesn’t make a summer. But the return of this migrant to Egypt’s shores has stirred the jabberers into a chunter. In another conversation a medical man laid a bet that Morsi et al will …
Who Cut Egypt’s Cable?
By Daniel Nisman On 28 March, the Egyptian military stunned the tech world when it announced that it had apprehended three divers suspected of attempting to sever the SEA-ME-WE 4 fibre optic cable which services communications and internet connections to Egypt and the greater Middle East region, as well as Asia. Included in the press …
Qatar Foreign Minister criticises Egyptian media
Qatari Foreign Minister says Egyptian media tries to set the public against his country, denies attempts to rent pyramids and Suez Canal
Where does the Army stand in the struggle between those with money and those with power?
As we are aware, Egypt’s political scene is divided along many fault-lines and fraught with a number of conflicting internal struggles, particularly those which have to do with the identity of our nation-state. These struggles have, for the most part, divided and separated followers of Egypt’s political life into two distinct camps, between those who …
Military intervention and Egypt’s future
The military may be coming – 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 …
Military Academy admits students from Brotherhood Families
Army spokesman: Loyalty to Egypt and the military is the essential requirement
Dozens call for military rule in Cairo and Alexandria
Protesters are demanding defence minister Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi assume power and oust Morsi
In Pictures: Demonstration calling on Army to rule
Dozens protested against President Mohamed Morsi and demanded the return of military rule in what they called “last chance Friday”.
Will the army administer our country once again?
It’s no secret that some in Egypt who seek to bring the army back into power have once again descended onto the nation’s streets, not for the purpose of restoring peace and security as some claim, but rather to rule and administer the country from anew. This position enjoys widespread support within a certain sector …
Samira Ibrahim and the plaque of courage
Samira Ibrahim is a young Egyptian woman, fed up with Hosni Mubarak and his regime; fed up with the life she hopes for and knows she will never get in a country infested by corruption and favouritism; fed up with an education she earned and is unlikely to use. She probably knew as little politics …
Rape, burn and pillage
Violence. Sheer, unadulterated brute force. From the Ultras, to the Brotherhood’s ‘militias’ (can you believe that our president is a member of a group that has ‘militias’? Doesn’t that sound utterly ludicrous; does it not strain credulity to breaking point when you say it out loud?), to the MOI, to SCAF, to the mysterious (and …
Shafiq’s party delegates the army to run the state
The party delivered 19,000 signatures from 20 governorates to the army in order to end the “Brotherhood occupation”
US delays award for Egyptian woman over Twitter remarks
Samira Ibrahim was to have been honoured Friday along with nine other women with the International Women of Courage Award
The Civilian Products of Military Factories
Last Thursday the news websites greeted us with a picture of the US Ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson, celebrating the decision of the US department of agriculture to allow the importation of Egyptian strawberries to the American market by opening a box of strawberries and eating one. On that same day, we were also greeted …
In Pictures: Demonstration calling for the army to intervene
Tens of people gathered at Al-Menassa monument in Nasr City calling for military intervention in the current political situation.
Lack of labour reform: Egypt’s ticking time bomb
The recent history of Egypt’s labour force under Mubarak and SCAF points to an uncertain future if the status quo does not change under Morsi
Contradictory reactions to rumours of El-Sisi’s dismissal
Ahram reports military anger over the rumours, military spokesperson denies this
Ultras reportedly attack activists for chanting against Morsi
Some members of Ultras Ahlawy have been accused of attacking people for chanting against Morsi, Ultras wanted to focus on trials for SCAF members
Will Morsi Face Mubarak’s Fate?
By Sherif Elhelwa As Egyptians celebrated the second anniversary of former president Hosni Mubarak’s ousting, protests organised by opposition groups continued against the rule of Mubarak’s successor President Mohamed Morsi, who some believe will meet Mubarak’s fate. Others believe he remains firmly in control. Although promoted as “peaceful”, marches toward government institutions and the presidential …
The Rise and fall of Mubarak
On the second anniversary of his stepping down, DNE illustrates the journey of the ousted president from the palace to Tora Prison
‘Our blood is one’: Egypt set for week-long protests
Revolutionary and political groups announce a series of marches and protests to remember those killed during recent violence and the 25 January revolution
The cautionary tale of NSFMommy and MBDaddy
Good morning Children, Today we are going to tell the story of the unfortunately very Egyptian marriage of NSFMommy and MBDaddy. Like most Egyptian marriage stories, it’s a very stupid family drama where there are no heroes and even the victim looks bad in the end. We are not sure if there is a moral …
Two Copts convicted of stealing weapons during Maspero Massacre
Michael Naguib and Michael Shaker will be incarcerated in a high security prison
Heavy tear gas fired at Maspero protesters
The Central Security Forces used excessive tear gas to disperse protesters
A Year in Review: Constitutional mazes
For the past two years whoever has been in power in Egypt has taken it upon themselves to issue constitutional decrees in order to right the wrongs of previous decrees. Predictably, this plunged the country into constitutional chaos.