Flip flop fibs
By Philip Whitfield You may fool all the people some of the time. You can even fool some of the people all of the time. But you cannot fool all of the people all the read the rest…
Read More →Roadmap to nowhere
Tenuous alliances and complacency have led to little more than bloodshed and obstruction of what really afflicts Egypt “I trust that the international community, which has long rejected terrorism, will firmly stand by the Egyptian read the rest…
Read More →A tragic legacy of Afghanistan’s war
By Dr. César Chelala The revelation that the number of opium-addicted Afghan children has reached new highs is a sad, unintended consequence of the war in that country. It dramatically illustrates how adult war games read the rest…
Read More →Bloody September
September has been a month that has witnessed heinous crimes against humanity that claimed scores of lives in many dispersed parts of the world. From the All Saints church bomb in Peshawar to the roadside read the rest…
Read More →The land of few men
This is what I have dubbed Egypt years ago, to the chagrin of some of my guy friends and agreement of others. Egypt-mostly- is not a very healthy society with regards to interaction between women read the rest…
Read More →Decision to change date of Qatari World Cup risks political and legal rows
By James M. Dorsey A pending decision in early October by world football body FIFA on whether to move the Qatar 2022 World Cup from summer to winter threatens to open debate on whether to read the rest…
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What are the inner makings of Egypt’s democracy movement? (Part 1 of 2)
In order to answer this question regarding the future of Egypt’s democracy movement, we must first stop and look at the parties that make up its internal structure. This will require that we analyse in read the rest…
Read More →Why did the Muslim Brotherhood survive in London?
By Hesham Shafick “The Brotherhood back to jails” might be the theme of the universal attack against the group – led by the Egyptian protesters and military. Being an MB research specialist, I have read the rest…
Read More →Is a US-Iranian nuclear deal suddenly possible?
By Hussein Ibish, Now Lebanon Anyone eagerly awaiting an Iran-US “great game” had better brace themselves for a potential long-term match postponement. American President Barack Obama was elected to end and avoid future Middle East read the rest…
Read More →The ‘minimum wage’ defeat for ten million
There have been mixed reactions to this week’s announcement of a new public sector minimum total income of EGP1,200 per month to come into effect in January of 2014. Many are unsatisfied – unsatisfied with read the rest…
Read More →The Brotherhood’s new strategy
By Nervana Mahmoud A month has passed since the forced ending of the pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo. The widespread security crackdown and the arrest of the Brotherhood’s most senior cadres have had a huge impact by paralyzing read the rest…
Read More →Sanctions have worked; time to act on Iran is now
By Dr César Chelala As Iran economy’s is reeling and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is showing every sign of interest in reaching an agreement with the West on its nuclear program, it seems high time to reach an agreement with Iran. read the rest…
Read More →From January to June: Egypt’s ‘elite’ question
By virtue of my studies, my work and my own individual perversions, I happen to be one of those who enjoy reading political theory. However, I do not intend to actually write about political or read the rest…
Read More →Rent boys
By Philip Whitfield Who’d be in the president’s shoes? Adly schleps in the shadows. Morsi shuffles round prison in his. Mubarak hobbles in hospital pumps. Sadat died with his on. Nasser wore his out on read the rest…
Read More →Egypt left vulnerable after Qatari snub
By Farah Halime It was bound to happen sooner or later. Egypt has returned to Qatar the $2bn the Gulf state deposited in Egypt’s central bank after negotiations to convert the money into three-year bonds read the rest…
Read More →Animal rights in Egypt
Two days ago, a young lady in Port Said posted photos of a horse in the said governorate with a severely broken leg, eating from garbage bins. She implored the online community of animal activists read the rest…
Read More →One-hit wonders
In a country that has become infatuated with political talk, the lack of sustainable political actions never ceases to amaze me. Despite their instantaneous impact, several movements that have surfaced on the Egyptian political scene read the rest…
Read More →Religious leaders and Syrian refugees meet in Lebanon
By Isabella Eisenberg Here, in the northern Lebanese district of Akkar, Catholic-Maronite, Sunni, Greek-Orthodox and Alawite villages are scattered all over the landscape. The Syrian border is a 15 minute drive to the north of read the rest…
Read More →Waiting in the Queue…
We’ve been fighting for fifty years the same war, we can’t forget And the country is like a waiting room, And the queue reaches the airport “From the Queue”, By Mashrou’ Leila ……….. A picture read the rest…
Read More →State of the union
As President Morsi walked into Al-Azhar conference hall on the “Night of Power” in Ramadan of 2013, the room rose. The last time he had spoken on such an occasion, General Sisi had replaced Field read the rest…
Read More →Obama’s Syria Debacle
By Dr. Alon Ben-Meir I am not a war monger; I know the meaning of war, the death toll, the suffering, and the destruction of property along with the spirit of innocent men, women and read the rest…
Read More →There will be no progress
There will be no progress, as long as we keep repeating the same mistakes, as long as hypocrisy and lies are the name of the game, as long as no real change happens. There will read the rest…
Read More →Education, a waste of money?
“Zahma moot, (it is very crowded) and it’s not yet 9 AM.” The taxi driver is complaining. Traffic is already gridlocked early in the morning (yes, Egyptians consider 9 AM early). And then he asks, read the rest…
Read More →Bartered bride
Philip Whitfield Brave reporting by Hamza Hendawi. His Associated Press copy from Dalga makes your blood boil. Morsi supporters are ethnically cleansing Christians in a town a hop skip and a jump from Tahrir Square. read the rest…
Read More →Sisi come, Sisi go!
If somehow we managed to research the words used most frequently by Egyptians in the past three months, I’m sure “Al-Sisi” would come high up on that list. You can easily recognise the kind of read the rest…
Read More →JUSTICE IN INDIA
By Dr Cesar Chelala The conviction of four men in India, accused of gang rape and the murder of a young Indian woman was widely celebrated throughout the country. Although the conviction is seen as a just read the rest…
Read More →Pro-Israel Group Lobbies for a US Attack on Syria
By Linda Gradstein/The Media Line Syrian officials are rushing to accept a Russian proposal for international oversight of Syria’s chemical weapons that would forestall a possible US strike on Syria. At the same time, pro-Israel lobbyists are fanning read the rest…
Read More →Musical Chairs
You have to admit that despite all the heartaches that we have come to encounter in Egypt, the place is becoming quite the rollercoaster ride. It is interesting to watch how roles are being exchanged read the rest…
Read More →Editor’s letter: You and the future of independent news
The Daily News Egypt is not only Egypt’s sole and last locally produced independent newspaper in English. It has also always been a school for young Egyptian journalists, a place where one generation after the read the rest…
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