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Articles of the author Ahmed Al Tonsi
‘Facts' and testimonies
Like all the trials of politicians belonging to ousted regimes, the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak and his sons has stirred intense public debate and even a split within the so-called political elites. Regardless of the type of judiciary, (...)

22 - 10 - 2014
Double standards
Analysts both inside and outside Egypt continue to debate whether or not the former Mubarak regime embarked on an appeasement strategy with the military to limit opposition to the grooming of the president's son, Gamal, as Mubarak's successor. One (...)

20 - 08 - 2014
Reclaiming the January Revolution
Many have been claiming the right to represent or even to own Egypt's 25 January Revolution. Moreover, this claim has made many such forces or people act or react in a way that has reflected not just a false sense of superiority but also an illusory (...)

25 - 06 - 2014
Backing the consensus
A major outcome of Egypt's defective transition period, or periods, has been the slow evolution of a mainstream popular bloc that has imposed its will upon the political landscape. By slow is meant the fact that this evolution has passed through (...)

11 - 06 - 2014
Towards a real transition
Since the 25 January Revolution Egypt has been in a transitional period. Though the country had an elected president for almost a year during this period, the state has not had its full set of institutions at any point during the last three years. (...)

28 - 05 - 2014
An end to discrimination
Throughout its contemporary history, Egypt's successive constitutions have never barred retired military officers from standing in legislative or presidential elections. Procedurally, there have been no prerequisites prohibiting retired offices from (...)

21 - 05 - 2014
Understanding Egypt's military
Among the diverse topics of political studies, civilian-military relations have become an attractive discipline that many thinkers, analysts and commentators have not resisted. On a regional level, various reasons have been behind the increasing (...)

07 - 05 - 2014
Remembering1974
In Egypt's contemporary history, the year 1974 was one of its most important years. It was the year that witnessed the early or embryonic changes that later constituted major transformations or policy shifts impacting Egypt's state and society. (...)

19 - 02 - 2014
From their safe haven
While Egypt's state and society has become the target of crimes committed by the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organisation, Egypt's two ousted presidents have remained safe, held away from any actual or potential threat posed by the ongoing wave of (...)

05 - 02 - 2014
The leadership and the masses
After the attempt on his life in 1995, former president Hosni Mubarak was frequently asked about his successor. He had always remained silent about his potential successor, saying that there were constitutional provisions governing the transfer of (...)

22 - 01 - 2014
The emerging generation
The term “emerging generation” was coined in the Nasserist era to describe those born around the 1952 Revolution and that were raised during the 1950s and 1960s. This generation was supposed to represent the outcome as well as the future of the 1952 (...)

15 - 01 - 2014
The enemies of the people
It was the French Revolution in 1789, the archetype of all liberal revolutions, which introduced the expression “the enemies of the people” while dealing with those conspiring against the revolution, particularly during the Reign of Terror. More (...)

08 - 01 - 2014
From ballots to bullets and back?
After it succeeded in the legislative elections of 2011 and the presidential elections in 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood association turned to violence in 2013. A valid question comes to mind: Will it be a round trip for the Muslim Brotherhood from (...)

30 - 10 - 2013
A way out of crisis
Evidently, President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood have been passing through a series of crises that have deeply affected the state under establishment and the whole of society. In nearly all economic, political and social dimensions, the (...)

01 - 05 - 2013
Their revolution and our state
It was not my generation's revolution, or at least we were not in its vanguard or among its organisers. Mine, the “emerging generation”, as president Gamal Abdel-Nasser once called it, lost its way during the mirage years of former president Anwar (...)

27 - 02 - 2013
The need for change
The circumstances surrounding the Muslim Brotherhood's nomination of Mohamed Morsi as its candidate in this year's presidential elections certainly added some degree of uncertainty about his readiness for the job when compared to the group's (...)

28 - 11 - 2012
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