Sarah Carr
Goodbye, Al-Masry Al-Youm
Opinion
April 26, 2013
Goodbye, Al-Masry Al-Youm
In 2010, Abdel Moneim Saeed, then the chairperson of state mouthpiece Al-Ahram, oversaw an outrageous bit of Photoshopping on the…
None of your business
Opinion
April 16, 2013
None of your business
During the particularly hair-raising moments of the revolution, when some of the popular committees manning checkpoints on the streets were…
Private security firms attempt to fill a gap left by a weakened security apparatus
Egypt
April 9, 2013
Private security firms attempt to fill a gap left by a weakened security apparatus
A new draft law on private security companies currently on the table is an attempt to regulate a sector that…
Video shows angry mob stripping Christian women
Egypt
April 9, 2013
Video shows angry mob stripping Christian women
A disturbing video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday shows what appears to be an angry Muslim crowd in Upper Egypt…
Blog: Rooted in religion
Opinion
April 8, 2013
Blog: Rooted in religion
It is a motley crew that finds shelter in Tahrir Square these days. On the afternoon of 7 April, a…
Back to the squares, without the Brothers!
Opinion
January 26, 2013
Back to the squares, without the Brothers!
Commenting on a Brotherhood statement saying “We will not be in Tahrir on the revolution anniversary,” a friend wrote on…
Egypt’s railway sector struggles between financial woes and promises of modernization
Egypt
January 23, 2013
Egypt’s railway sector struggles between financial woes and promises of modernization
Through the dusty windows of the Bulaq al-Dakrur train station control tower, Karam Faheem, an inspector, pointed to a never-ending…
The Canada of Sinai : A flashback
Egypt
January 14, 2013
The Canada of Sinai : A flashback
The rumors began only a few days into the Israeli attack on Gaza, with whispers on Facebook that Palestinians fleeing…
New ownership regulations in Sinai are worrying for many
Egypt
January 14, 2013
New ownership regulations in Sinai are worrying for many
A series of recent changes in the regulation of land and property ownership in Sinai are said to protect national…
Dostour Party pounces into the political space
Egypt
January 13, 2013
Dostour Party pounces into the political space
It is perhaps apposite that the Dostour — “constitution” — Party is cutting its teeth on the political battle surrounding…
Access legalized: A new freedom of information law in the making
Egypt
January 8, 2013
Access legalized: A new freedom of information law in the making
A new government draft law on access to information appeared last week, and has been received with mixed reactions from…
A world turned upside down
Opinion
December 30, 2012
A world turned upside down
While I was outside a polling station waiting to bother voters while covering the referendum, a man sidled over to…
In the name of morals and Sharia, media freedoms may contract
Egypt
December 29, 2012
In the name of morals and Sharia, media freedoms may contract
President Mohamed Morsy has largely picked up where Hosni Mubarak left off in terms of media freedom. A case in…
Court sentences activist to three years for insulting Islam
Egypt
December 12, 2012
Court sentences activist to three years for insulting Islam
A Cairo court sentenced activist Alber Saber to three years in prison for insulting Islam Wednesday. Marg Misdemeanor Court found…
Blog: Cheese and other contentions at the presidential palace clashes
Egypt
December 7, 2012
Blog: Cheese and other contentions at the presidential palace clashes
When I arrived in Heliopolis on Wednesday evening, protesters against President Mohamed Morsy were congregated in a square at…
Uncle Morsy
Opinion
December 4, 2012
Uncle Morsy
The past two weeks, since Morsy announced his Hitler powers, have been the bleakest since the revolution began.
Insult laws: Elusive and longstanding
Egypt
November 19, 2012
Insult laws: Elusive and longstanding
With human rights organizations reporting a spike in defamation charges, concerns are piling up over the effect of such charges…
Trial of ‘atheist’ Alber Saber resumes
Egypt
October 17, 2012
Trial of ‘atheist’ Alber Saber resumes
The controversial trial of Alber Saber on charges of insulting religion resumed on Wednesday at the New Cairo Court. Saber,…
The end of a thousand myths: Remembering the Maspero massacre
Egypt
October 10, 2012
The end of a thousand myths: Remembering the Maspero massacre
Among the mourners and the angry at the march commemorating the first anniversary of the Maspero massacre, there was an…
One year from Maspero, justice still evades families
Egypt
October 9, 2012
One year from Maspero, justice still evades families
Egypt witnessed numerous acts of state violence in 2011, but the Maspero massacre of 9 October, in which 28 protesters…