Baheyya: Egypt Analysis and Whimsy بهيّة

Commentary on Egyptian Politics and Culture by an Egyptian Citizen with a Room of Her Own

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Power Politics

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In Tyre (Soure) today, 31 victims killed by Israeli bombs over the past week were buried en masse. The youngest victim is one-day old Sawsan...
Thursday, July 20, 2006

Graphic Content

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While Arab kings and presidents grinned from ear to ear and conferred on the “crisis” under the watchful eyes of their security details, dis...
Saturday, July 08, 2006

Egyptian Laws and Other Afflictions

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Mr Anwar Sadat had a notorious but particularly apt expression whenever he embarked on one of his endless authoritarian manoeuvres. “It’s al...
Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Requiem

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The certainty of death is no preparation for the actual arrival of the Reaper. In the early hours of 18 June, the honourable Ahmed Nabil al-...
Thursday, June 08, 2006

A Man Apart

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I can’t believe that the extraordinarily sprightly and kindhearted Ahmed Abdalla is no longer with us on this earth. He passed away earlier ...
Friday, May 26, 2006

Prisoners of Conscience

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Thursday’s marking of referendum day 2005 unfolded as planned, with relatively less state violence directed at peaceful protestors, compared...
Thursday, May 18, 2006

Are Judges Heroes?

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First things first. Thankfully, Justice Hisham al-Bastawisi is in stable condition after suffering a heart attack early Wednesday morning (p...
Thursday, May 11, 2006

Regime, Judges, and Public: Take Five

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“The streets of downtown looked as if a foreign country had declared war on Egypt,” quipped a judge. Indeed, Thursday 11 May was even more b...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006

مدد

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Yet another significant day dawns, as judges Mahmoud Mekky and Hisham al-Bastawisy prepare to reappear before the disciplinary board entrus...
Monday, May 01, 2006

Mubarak: Fin du Régime?

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Forecasts of a fin de siècle fill the air, alternately breathless and reasoned . They point to the swiftly cascading natural and man-made d...
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Baheyya is a female name that has come to stand in for Egypt. The symbolism is the handiwork of the gifted duo of Shaykh Imam Eissa and Ahmad Fu'ad Nigm in their haunting song, "Masr yamma, ya Baheyya." I make no foolish claims to represent Egypt or all Egyptians. I just like the name.
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