Amr el-Zant
Opinion: Escaping the Cairo Eye
Opinion
January 26, 2021
Opinion: Escaping the Cairo Eye
The fact that Cairo is not attractive from above is no secret for those who look at it from the…
The burning of Paris and the memory of Alexandria
Culture
October 18, 2014
The burning of Paris and the memory of Alexandria
There was a story about the city where what mattered most was the human crisis, disregarding the danger that threatened…
Egypt’s continuing struggle with Western modernity
Opinion
January 23, 2012
Egypt’s continuing struggle with Western modernity
"He who signed his orders of the day, the Member of the Institute, Commander-in-Chief of the Army in the East,…
Militarized perceptions and the fate of liberal Egypt
Opinion
December 7, 2011
Militarized perceptions and the fate of liberal Egypt
According to a recent statement by a prominent member of the Egyptian junta (Major General Mamdouh Shahin), Mubarak could not…
The accelerating universe and us
Opinion
October 18, 2011
The accelerating universe and us
Our universe is not only expanding; it is also doing so at an accelerating rate. For this remarkable empirical discovery…
The politics of symbolic forms
Opinion
September 12, 2011
The politics of symbolic forms
Where does Israel live in the Egyptian public imagination? Some unfortunate instances are usefully recalled: Jewish settlement in Palestine; a…
After the spectacle
Opinion
August 7, 2011
After the spectacle
The entry of our stretcher-borne ex-dictator into that courtroom cage marked a watershed between two qualitatively different Egyptian worlds: A…
The council’s greatest challenge
Opinion
June 9, 2011
The council’s greatest challenge
By definition, those who participated in the revolution rejected the Mubarak regime. The reasons for the revulsion varied however, and…
Egypt’s Islamist prospects
Opinion
February 13, 2011
Egypt’s Islamist prospects
Many at home and abroad are apprehensive of an eventual Islamist takeover should the popular revolt in Egypt lead to…
Egypt’s worlds
Opinion
February 5, 2011
Egypt’s worlds
A clash between two worlds. One world aspires to break the chains of humiliation that have long robbed it of…