Egypt unrest marks major test for Morsi’s rule
A march in Cairo marking the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolt carried banners reading "Blood for blood" and "We will not say 'peaceful' any more." In the following three…
Egypt’s Red Sea Resorts Seek To Woo Reluctant Tourists
The tourist resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on Egypt's Red Sea coast, has a lot going for it. Turquoise coastal waters shade into the deeper blue of the open sea. Comfortable…
Back to the square, as Egyptians battle for democracy
In Tahrir Square, it seems each person knows his job. Medics stand on the sides of the streets carrying cotton, face masks, and a white liquid they pour into the…
Egypt
It is not particularly surprising that thousands of Egyptians took to the streets yet again at the weekend in the wake of final tabulations from last week’s presidential election and…
Egypt next in line
“Can Mubarak be toppled?” BBC’s Jon Leyne asked the US secretary of state on Thursday. Hillary Clinton, even when two deaths and 1,500 arrests had already been reported, responds: “Our…
Egypt’s Zia ul Haq?
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has been dubbed Egypt’s new pharaoh, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Cincinnatus, Benito Mussolini, Abraham Lincoln, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and even another Hosni Mubarak. Comparisons and juxtapositions are being…
Egyptian independence
The most remarkable aspect of the Egyptian regime is that it has managed peace with Israel and relations with the United States for a quarter of a century without allowing…
Danger to Egypt
When the Western countries realise the impracticality of direct aggression, they work on a long-term plan to cultivate some stooges and bring them to power. In Iran they did this…
Low voter turnout casts shadow on Egyptian charter approval
Low voter turnout in a referendum on Egypt's Islamist-backed draft constitution calls into question the credibility of the document, said analysts Sunday, shortly after unofficial results showed that the draft…
Egypt polarised in post-Mubarak referendum
After weeks of protests, Cairo appeared relatively peaceful on Saturday, as Egyptians queued silently outside polling stations in the first round of voting in a referendum designed to sanction a…
