Egyptian intellectuals
Sisi meets intellectuals in first meeting of “national dialogue”
Egypt
March 23, 2016
Sisi meets intellectuals in first meeting of “national dialogue”
President Sisi met with a group of Egypt’s leading intellectuals on Tuesday morning, marking the start of a "national dialogue"…
Intellectuals end Culture Ministry sit-in after Morsy’s ouster
Egypt
July 4, 2013
Intellectuals end Culture Ministry sit-in after Morsy’s ouster
Intellectuals and artists ended their four-week occupation of the Culture Ministry headquarters in Zamalek Thursday. The protesters had demanded the…
Zamalek culture ministry occupation enters 10th day
Egypt
June 14, 2013
Zamalek culture ministry occupation enters 10th day
Intellectuals and artists have continued their occupation of the Culture Ministry building in Zamalek for a 10th day, demanding the…
Salafis vow to disperse Culture Ministry protests
Egypt
June 10, 2013
Salafis vow to disperse Culture Ministry protests
The Salafi Watan Party has warned its members will disperse a sit-in set up outside the Culture Ministry in Cairo…
Intellectuals protest “Brotherhoodization” of Culture Ministry
Culture
June 5, 2013
Intellectuals protest “Brotherhoodization” of Culture Ministry
Prominent intellectual figures stormed the main gate of the Culture Ministry on Wednesday afternoon to start a sit-in inside the…
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,…
Helmy Alnamnam defends literary icon from charges of Zionist sympathies
Archaeology
November 11, 2010
Helmy Alnamnam defends literary icon from charges of Zionist sympathies
Taha Hussein (1889- 1973), the most prominent intellectual in twentieth century Egypt, was regularly accused by ultra-nationalists and Islamists as…
Remembering Mohamed Sayed Said: Speaking truth to power
Egypt
October 11, 2010
Remembering Mohamed Sayed Said: Speaking truth to power
The intellectual legacy of scholar and human rights advocate Mohamed Sayed Said was remembered on Sunday when Egyptian intellectuals, academics…