Hassan Nafaa

First I would like to emphasize that I personally wish the current cabinet success because I sympathize with its members…

Foreign delegations have been flocking to Egypt from everywhere.  In the beginning, the reason behind the visits was figuring out…

Two weeks ago I read the news that my friend Mohamed Nour Farahat, a law expert, had blamed me for…

Boycotting Al-Jazeera is not the solution Hassan Nafaa  

The term ‘politics’ has many definitions, depending on one’s vision and school of thought.    From my studies and personal…

A quick read of the current political scene suggests that there is some consensus on the need to minimize the…

Israel, along with the United States and some major European countries, is expected to exert all efforts to abort the…

Where is Egypt headed? I’ve heard this question being asked by everyone, everywhere, as if there were no other questions…

Rather than being the day of national unity it was billed to be, last Friday belonged to the Salafis. Still,…

Although I'm not enthusiastic about the new cabinet or the manner in which it was selected, Egyptians should give it…

Many readers are beginning to get bored of the ongoing controversy over what should come first, the constitution or the…

Egyptian newspapers reported last week that Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Manpower Adel Fakieh told a gathering of businessmen at the…

Egyptian civil society organizations, especially human rights groups, have lately been concerned with how the period of democratic transition in…

The tragedy at St. Marmina church in Imbaba on Saturday is not a new story. A young Muslim man from…

There have been clear shifts in Egypt’s foreign policy since the ouster of ex-President Hosni Mubarak, long considered a “strategic…

Prime Minister Essam Sharaf did well by visiting Sinai on 25 April, a day that marks the peninsula’s liberation from…

Like millions of Egyptians, I rejoiced at the Higher Administrative Court’s ruling to disband the National Democratic Party (NDP) and…

The Egyptian people know the 25 January revolution sought to bring down a powerful regime that had developed deep roots…

On Sunday night, news leaked that a number of well-known political figures, including independents who are not affiliated with any…

On 25 January 1952, Brigadier Exham--head of a British military operation in Ismailia--called Egyptian Communication Lieutenant Sherif al-Adad to tell…