Baheyya: Egypt Analysis and Whimsy بهيّة

Mum and daddy want him to be president, Egypt's republic be damned. The family butler, Ahmad Nazif, while polishing the silverware says ...

AP Photo . Journalist Nawal Ali, stripped near-naked last week by a hired NDP mob on her way to an English course at the Journalists' Sy...

AP Photo . Lawyer Rab'a Fahmy at the Prosecutor's office on 30 May holding aloft her torn skirt from referendum day (25 May). "...

AP Photo . "Our colleagues' honor is the honor of the homeland, we will not be weak before the violation of the homeland's hono...

"The Tyrannical Family." Photo from Middle East Online .

Courtesy of the e-zine al-Wa'i al-Misri edited by Wa'el Abbas. See more of his wonderful pictures here . "Masr yamma, ya bahey...

Dear ChaösGnösis , I’m moved by your plea to open up to comments and debate. I understand that it’s motivated by concern and appreciation, ...

Mahmoud Said's "Motherhood" (1931) When I saw the pictures of assaulted women last week, I thought of the thousands of other a...

Egypt Wears Black, Wednesday 1 June 2005 The Association of Egyptian Mothers ( Rabetat al-Ummahat al-Misriyyat ) has circulated this call v...

Wafd Party Women's Committee, al-Musawwar , 13 March 1925. When Ahmed Nazif, our inept Prime Minister who doubles as a doormat, claimed ...

Rented Mubarak demonstrators corner a Kifaya member as a colleague pulls him to safety, 25 May 2005. “I have boundless confidence in your pa...

Mubarak demonstrators burn a Kifaya banner. “I would say that President Mubarak has taken a very bold step. He's taking the first step t...

“Today the train of reform passes a new station, and Egypt takes an additional step on the journey to full democracy it started years ago.” ...

“What happened yesterday is a turning point in Egypt's history, no less significant than what transpired on 18 June, 1953 with Egypt...

All photos from the Associated Press. Two days after Laura Bush and Suzanne Mubarak held their summit meeting about the necessity of girls...

Judges' Club President Zakariya Abdel Aziz outlining Egyptian judges' conditions for supervising the fall elections. 13 May 2005. No...