Baheyya: Egypt Analysis and Whimsy بهيّة

The incredible Wael Abbas has captured on video security forces' disbanding of the peaceful vigil in support of judges maintained by Ki...

After an emergency meeting Tuesday night, the Judges Club board resolved to immediately begin a continuous sit-in at the Club until 27 April...

“Portrait of a Rural Girl,” Youssef Kamel (1891-1971)

It was a sight to behold. Egyptian judges hailed from all over the country on Friday for a silent stand in their stately club, continuing th...

Two more judges have been tapped for interrogation, this time (and for the first time) both very popular, elected members of the Cairo Judge...

I say, I never thought executive-judicial relations could be so…what’s the word…ah yes, riveting. For the pedant at heart, nothing could be ...

Mahmoud Mokhtar (1891-1934), "al-Khamaseen" (c. 1920s).

It was both predictable and unexpected. Last friday's judges’ protest attracted men of the bench from all over the country, the bulk of ...

In a dangerous escalation, at 4:30 pm yesterday, the Supreme Judicial Council lifted the immunity of four judges leading the movement for a ...

It is one of the worst disasters in Egyptian maritime history. At or around midnight on friday, the ferry As-Salam 98, carrying 1,414 passen...

I will always remember 2005 for its abundant surprises and endless ferment, with not a single dull moment, not even a lull. It’s a year too...

More harrowing proof, if such be needed, of an out of control police force manned by hapless recruits and vicious officers and their mercena...

Saturday’s sentencing of Ayman Nour to five years in prison inevitably calls to mind the eerily similar tribulations of sociologist Saad Ed...

And so it has come to pass. The ultimate election of the year has brought in dramatic results. On Friday, judges returned the “iron slate” ...

It’s neatly fitting that the final elections capping this remarkable Egyptian electoral year will be by and for the judiciary. In a few hour...

Asmany feared, the last day of voting today saw security forces intensifying their use of violence against voters to thwart any further gain...

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