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Articles of the author Abdel Monem Said
Fishing in Hawaii
In his 1954 essay, “Philosophy of the Revolution”, Gamal Abdel-Nasser recounts his memories of the early days of the 1952 Revolution. He says his meetings with civilian politicians, to whom he intended to hand over power, were a disappointment. All (...)

13 - 08 - 2013
Sinners and their stones
“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her,” Jesus is quoted in the Bible (John 8:7) as saying when he confronted a throng intent on punishing an adulterer in accordance to the laws of Moses. Jesus was trying to teach his (...)

01 - 05 - 2013
On the road to democracy
CAIRO - Braving bad weather, rain-flooded streets and fears of insecurity, millions of Egyptians on Monday headed to 3,809 polling stations in nine governorates to cast their ballots on the first day of Phase One of the first post-Mubarak (...)

29 - 11 - 2011
An Arab Spring with sandstorms
CAIRO: The victory of the Libyan revolution, the more-than-cosmetic reforms in Jordan and Morocco, and the escalation of revolutionary attempts to oust Bashar Assad in Syria and Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen signal that the wind is still blowing in (...)

15 - 09 - 2011
Suspected Jordanian, Israeli spies cases transferred to court
Egyptian Attorney General Abdel Maged Mahmoud transferred the cases against two alleged spies, Israeli Ophir Harare and Jordanian Bashar Ibrahim Abu Zeid, to the Cairo Criminal Court. Harare was arrested in April 2011 after the January 25 (...)

14 - 08 - 2011
Gov't accused of suppressing freedom
CAIRO – Rights groups have accused Egypt's Government, led by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, of restricting their role, hindering their activities and excluding them from most of the forums for dialogue created by the institutions running the (...)

26 - 07 - 2011
Trends and dynamics
The story of the "Arab spring" is still unfolding. Complex trends and dynamics can be observed in a variety of countries that are going through different stages of rapid change. Some revolutions in the region have already toppled regimes, as in (...)

19 - 07 - 2011
Egypt constitution first row resurfaces
CAIRO - When Egyptians voted in a referendum for constitutional changes on March 19, they tacitly allowed the military rulers to move to parliamentary elections. Many did not agree and said “no” to the changes, but they then conformed with the (...)

04 - 07 - 2011
Egypt's majority for Constitution first
CAIRO - Most Egyptians want a new constitution before the parliamentary and presidential elections due later this year, a recent poll by four rights organisations has revealed. A total of 83.6 per cent of those polled said that they want a new (...)

12 - 06 - 2011
Nobel laureate revives ambitious scheme
CAIRO - The purpose of the Zewail City of Science and Technology project, announced last week by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf and Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail, is to set up an advanced scientific base as a nucleus for centres of pre-eminence for the (...)

08 - 06 - 2011
Protests planned on Egypt blogger's death
CAIRO - An Egyptian activist has urged subscribers on the social networking website Facebook to stage a symbolic protest on June 6 to mark the first anniversary of the death of a blogger, who was allegedly tortured to death by police in the coastal (...)

02 - 06 - 2011
A shift in Egypt's Coptic identity
CAIRO - The January 25 revolution is having a momentous impact on the Coptic Church. “The Copts will ignore Church policies,” surmised Mamoun Fendi, president of Fendi Associates, a Washington DC-based research group and think-tank, during the (...)

01 - 06 - 2011
Urgent plan for Egypt's shantytowns needed
CAIRO - Shantytowns have mushroomed in Egypt, to the extent that they are now an integral part of the country, warn experts. Much of the blame for this ought to be laid at the door of the governments that managed the country in recent decades, since (...)

28 - 05 - 2011
Corruption is the key
CAIRO - Seizing State-owned lands were rife in the Mubarak regime, say opponents of the ousted regime. Several former ministers, businessmen and other allies of the regime acquired vast areas of land in wonderful locations for a pittance. Dozens of (...)

23 - 05 - 2011
Egypt Army quizzes presidential hopeful
CAIRO - A candidate for president of Egypt was quizzed Saturday because of her outspoken criticism of the nation's military rulers and said she was facing allegations of slandering from a top official and the military. Bothaina Kamel, 48, a (...)

16 - 05 - 2011
Unemployment: Egypt's scourge
CAIRO - Unemployment was one of the main reasons for the popular revolt that overthrew Mubarak's regime. Now that we have entered a new era, the Government has no other choice but to work as hard as it can to revive the economy and create new (...)

14 - 05 - 2011
Palestinian factions sign deal in Cairo
CAIRO - Representatives of 13 Palestinian factions signed an Egyptian-brokered reconciliation deal in Cairo Tuesday, paving the way for elections within a year. Egypt Wednesday hosts a big ceremony to mark the breakthrough. Officials from (...)

04 - 05 - 2011
A ferry too far
CAIRO - Several ferry boat mishaps in the past few years have claimed the lives of dozens of Egyptians, yet people say that nothing has been done about the problem. A few days ago, 22 people drowned and four others had a narrow escape, when a bus (...)

04 - 05 - 2011
Grappling with the fallout
CAIRO - The January 25 revolution has radically changing the face of Egypt at various levels. Still, several sectors are in the doldrums. There are big problems with the economy and the tourism sector, but it seems that these are only short-term (...)

27 - 04 - 2011
Efforts to defuse Egyptian province's crisis
QENA - A delegation of local people in Upper Egypt said they would go to Qena, a tense province in southern Egypt, in a bid to end a standoff of almost two weeks there against the appointment of a Coptic governor. Before heading to the restive (...)

24 - 04 - 2011
Debate over Egypt's 6th October, Helwan centralisation
CAIRO - A presidential decree of 2008 that carved 6th October and Helwan governorates out of Giza and Cairo governorates caused much controversy; many people wondered at the time What the point of this was? Meanwhile, a recent ministerial decree to (...)

20 - 04 - 2011
Qena protests rage as governor to quit
QENA - Thousands of Egyptians Tuesday protested for the sixth day in a row against the appointment of a Christian police general as governor of the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena, as he was last night expected to quit. Minister of Interior (...)

20 - 04 - 2011
No end of encroachments
CAIRO - Encroachments on arable land in the Nile Valley and the Delta since the eruption of the January 25 revolution have exceeded 100,000, according to a recent report. The Central Administration for Protecting Arable Lands said that 108,316 (...)

15 - 04 - 2011
Sherif questioned over 'Camel Battle'
CAIRO (Updated) - After being temporarily remanded for 15 day over illicit gains, Safwat el-Sherif, the former secretary-general of the formerly ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), was quizzed yesterday over his involvement in what was dubbed in (...)

13 - 04 - 2011
Protest group celebrates 4th anniv.
CAIRO - The April 6 Youth Movement Wednesday organised protests at the headquarters of governorates nationwide calling for the ouster of governors whom the activists viewe as remnants of the Mubarak regime. The protests were part of the celebrations (...)

06 - 04 - 2011
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