Aaron Jakes
The severed branches of local government
Opinion
December 20, 2012
The severed branches of local government
Sometime in the middle of last March, while I was still living in Cairo, I was working at my desk…
The myth of Egypt’s liberal constitution
Opinion
April 8, 2012
The myth of Egypt’s liberal constitution
In the years leading up to January 2011, Egypt’s past often appeared as an admonishment to the present. While their…
Why remember Dinshawai?
Opinion
June 12, 2011
Why remember Dinshawai?
Today marks the 105th anniversary of the Dinshawai Incident, the dramatic event that any Egyptian school child will dutifully identify…
The specter of Egypt’s colonial interior
Opinion
April 11, 2011
The specter of Egypt’s colonial interior
In the spring of 1896, the British Consul-General and de facto colonial overlord of Egypt, Lord Cromer, submitted his annual…