Baheyya: Egypt Analysis and Whimsy بهيّة

A “democracy with fangs.” Mr Anwar Sadat’s unparalleled description of 'his' no-nonsense kind of democracy immediately came to mind ...

Ahhhhh, election season again. Egypt’s parliamentary poll started on Wednesday, the eighth since Mr Anwar Sadat oh-so-graciously decided to ...

On Wednesday October 26, Alexandrian blogger Abdel Karim Nabil Suleiman was taken from his home and detained by State Security agents ( Amn ...

Sultan al-Munshidin, Shaykh Ahmad al-Tuni Abida Parveen Yasin al-Tuhami Shahen-Shah-e-Qawwali, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997)

We, the mothers , wives, and children of detainees in all of Egypt’s prisons, have the pleasure of inviting you to a group iftar on Tuesday,...

Ramadan means dusting off my antique tin fanous with the tiny candle inside and burning my fingers while lighting it. Ramadan means the ret...

“In the name of nine million unemployed, your rule Mubarak is void!” With this and other biting slogans, the pro-democracy, anti-Mubarak mov...

“Sleeplessness for me is a cherished state to be desired at almost any cost; there is nothing for me as invigorating as immediately shedding...

Now that Hosni Mubarak is safely installed as “the first elected president of Egypt,” we all have a right to wonder about the next steps. It...

So now we know the predictable results: out of 32 million registered voters, a paltry 23% turned out, itself a considerably inflated figure....