Assem El-Desuki is an Egyptian historian specialising in contemporary economic and social history. He was the head of Faculty of Literature at Helwan University, and is member of the Egyptian Society for Historical Studies. His statements about the (...)
Should Egypt's ruling military council reconsider the trial of civilians in military courts, sending them to civilian tribunals instead, asks Ahmad Mahmoud
Since Egypt's 25 January Revolution, growing numbers of political activists, as well as thugs (...)
Many observers have claimed that Indonesia's 1998 Revolution and Egypt's 2011 Revolution have a lot in common. Both were unexpected explosions of urban outrage against entrenched dictators whose rule was marked by generalised corruption. And both (...)
What lessons might Egypt draw from the Indonesian experience of democratic revolution, asks Ahmad Mahmoud
Many observers have claimed that Indonesia's 1998 Revolution and Egypt's 2011 Revolution have a lot in common. Both were unexpected explosions (...)
Nearly 500 women are using bicycles to deliver a message of peace on a bike ride through Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine. Ahmad Mahmoud meets two of them
For the fifth successive year, Follow the Women (FTW), an international organisation (...)