Baheyya: Egypt Analysis and Whimsy بهيّة

The sacking of maverick newspaperman Ibrahim Eissa is only the tip of a vast iceberg. The broader project is to discredit and intimidate ind...

It’s a wonderful thing when poets write prose. Their perceptions are so acute, clarity of expression so exquisite, and images so fresh that ...

A long time ago in Baghdad, under the reign of Haroun al-Rashid, there lived a moderately wealthy trader named Ali Cogia. One night, Cogia h...

An elderly couple get on each other’s nerves, bicker, and occasionally enjoy simple moments like eating homemade ta’amiyya together. Their q...

Ibrahim al-Desouqi Fahmi, Alabaster (2001) oil on canvas

Five years ago today, when Hosni Mubarak made his big announcement about direct, multicandidate presidential elections, he couldn’t have dre...

On 10 October, 2009, a luminous intellectual and gentle soul passed away. Felled by cancer at the age of 59, Mohamed El-Sayed Saïd was laid ...

Every summer, Egyptians ritualistically reflect on the July 23 revolution, going through the motions of enumerating its failures and accompl...

Bilal Fadl’s latest book has an attractive title and a laudable ambition. The irresistibly named The Original Inhabitants of Egypt: Stories ...

President Barack Obama made some stirring remarks yesterday about the suppression of popular protests against the election outcome in Iran....