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What Have We Done to Democracy?

While we're still arguing about whether there's life after death, can we add another question to the cart? Is there life after democracy? What sort of life will it be?

Per Bjorklund: dealing with exile

“Welcome to my exile.” With those words trade union activist Mohammed al-Attar greeted me when I went to see him in Alexandria a few months ago.

Doctors, Brotherhood and ongoing struggle

Aboul Fotouh, the Secretary-General of the Arab Doctors Union, has been in government detention since late June, and is being charged with attempting to create a “global network of extremism”

Egypt’s ‘Ikhwan’ face hard containment

There are no specific indicators to denote how Egypt perceives the controversy involving Hamas and the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood. Lessons, however, must be derived from this controversy, particularly insofar as

Political interference leads to Egyptian judge’s resignation

As one of Egypt’s longest-serving judges, Mahmoud el Khodeiri’s decision to resign last month was not taken lightly. But the level of corruption and government interference in judicial matters, he

Religious and Corrupt

Anyone who has visited Egypt knows the deeply religious nature of its people. Whether you have lived here for years or just stopped by to see the usual touristy stuff,