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Articles of the author Dena Rashed
A long way to cleanliness
In his 100-day plan to address major issues in the country, President Mohamed Mursi announced the Clean Nation Campaign in the hope of cleaning the streets of the cities. While the campaign was hailed by some, it doesn't address the pressing (...)

02 - 08 - 2012
The key to the streets
Cairo's traffic problems mirror those of the wider society, argues Dena Rashed Once upon a time, people would agree to meet at a certain time and then they would do so. They might also decide to go out as a spontaneous decision, rather than wait to (...)

12 - 07 - 2012
And the winner is�ê�
As Al-Ahram Weekly went to press, Egypt was awaiting official notification of the results of the presidential elections. But that did not prevent the candidates and their supporters pulling off some final campaign stunts, writes Dena Rashed 'My (...)

21 - 06 - 2012
Shafiq, Morsi supporters and vote voiders engage in debate in Maadi
One day before the ruling of the Higher Constitutional Court on parliament and the presidential election, young people gathered at a Maadi cafe to to debate the three sides to the forthcoming elections In the Bikya book café in the posh suburb of (...)

14 - 06 - 2012
The candidate of 'moderate Islam'
Dena Rashed examines the electoral programme and ideas of presidential candidate Mohamed Selim El-Awwa In the historical palace of Salaheddin Al-Ayoubi, first sultan of Egypt and Syria and founder of the mediaeval Ayubbid dynasty, presidential (...)

10 - 05 - 2012
The curious case of Abu Ismail
Posters of presidential candidate Hazem Abu Ismail have been appearing everywhere, but is all publicity good publicity, asks Dena Rashed With his big smile, white beard and motto of "we will live with dignity," posters bearing the face of (...)

29 - 03 - 2012
Perspectives on the revolution
One year on from the 25 January Revolution, an activist and a police officer explain their hopes and fears to Dena Rashed The activist Ahmed Naguib, 33, pro-democracy activist and spokesperson for the Council of Trustees of the Revolution (...)

26 - 01 - 2012
Caught on film
The plethora of videos purporting to record recent events increasingly conditions the public's response to news. But, argues Dena Rashed, the camera is sometimes far from being a neutral witness It starts with being there, in the centre of the (...)

29 - 12 - 2011
Breaking down the boundaries
In the wake of the revolution, the unrest and the parliamentary elections, there may be something to be said for understanding and mutual listening, says Dena Rashed At times of crisis, people come together, but getting closer to each other can also (...)

15 - 12 - 2011
Women's talk: five Egyptian women engage in debate while queuing to vote
People always say that if you don't want an argument, avoid talking on religion, politics and football. Yet, on the first day of Egypt's first presumably free elections in decades: What is there to discuss other than politics and (...)

29 - 11 - 2011
The truth will come out
The killing of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi opens the debate on how the camera reveals the bitter reality, wrires Dena Rashed Since Egypt's 25 January Revolution, many places in Egypt, including cafes, have grown used to having television (...)

27 - 10 - 2011
A mother for all times
The revolution is teaching mothers new ways of keeping their family, jobs and lives intact. Dena Rashed joins the moms in their pursuit of normalcy There is a demonstration a few blocks away. You have to go to work and at the same time you have to (...)

20 - 10 - 2011
A civil call
Egypt's political activists continue to oppose the use of military trials for civilians, writes Dena Rashed The pardoning of 230 people by the head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, (...)

22 - 09 - 2011
Rule of the street
The attack on the Israeli embassy is the latest episode of people taking matters in their own hands. Dena Rashed looks into a growing phenomenon IF you can't feel the justice, would you force it? Would you take matters into your own hands? After the (...)

15 - 09 - 2011
Colouring dreams
Reaching people on the street by painting isn't always easy, argues Dena Rashed It is crowded, polluted and the traffic is a nightmare. But out there on the wall is a painting of a boy who has a kite which gets lost on the walls. As per the dream of (...)

08 - 09 - 2011
Al-Ahram Weekly
As part of efforts to break free of failed marriages, Copts are planning protests for a civil right to divorce, reports Dena Rashed Till death do us part -- or maybe not. Marriage for some of Egypt's Copts is becoming a more worldly matter in which (...)

30 - 06 - 2011
Sticking to one's guns?
With firearms still circulating in much of Egypt, 30 June remains the deadline to hand in unlicensed weapons, writes Dena Rashed For some days after the 25 January Revolution, particularly after 28 January when the police withdrew from the streets (...)

09 - 06 - 2011
New concerns for women?
Should women be concerned about their rights after the revolution, asks Dena Rashed It doesn't take a long conversation before one hears the phrase, "women in Egypt have enough rights. What more do they want?" This is a question that is often heard (...)

21 - 04 - 2011
Not without them
Melanne Verveer, ambassador at large for global women's issues in the Obama administration, was inspired by the women she met on a recent visit to Egypt, writes Dena Rashed How can we help our Egyptian sisters now? They are on the threshold of (...)

21 - 04 - 2011
Revolutionary ripple effects
Is Egypt back to normal after the revolution? It depends on how you define normal, says Dena Rashed After the resignation of former president Hosni Mubarak last Friday and the attendant celebrations across the country, new waves of protests have (...)

17 - 02 - 2011
The silent majority?
While many Egyptians have spoken with their feet over the past two weeks, others think there are other roads to change, says Dena Rashed In the days after 25 January, two sisters got into an argument on Facebook about the protests taking place in (...)

10 - 02 - 2011
Two sides of the city
A couple of building experts have a different vision of Cairo in 2020. Dena Rashed gets the best and worst pictures of the capital Cairo is incomparable to any other cosmopolitan city in the world. You fall in love with it at night by the Nile when (...)

31 - 12 - 2010
Hidden gems of Gezira
Although Van Gogh's Poppy Flowers is now the most famous painting in Egypt, there are other just as precious artworks hidden behind the closed doors of the Al-Gezira Museum, argues Dena Rashed She remembers standing in the corridors of the Al-Gezira (...)

02 - 09 - 2010
A right to climb
As a recent charitable event in Cairo showed, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro is just one way of supporting children with special needs, says Dena Rashed Standing on stage last Sunday at Zamalek's Al-Sawy Culture Wheel, Omar Samra told the crowd what it (...)

19 - 08 - 2010
A month's notice
With the discussion of minimum wages high on the government's agenda, workers are keeping their fingers crossed that this year May Day will bring cause for celebration, writes Dena Rashed Just over a kilogramme of meat, a tank and a half of gas or (...)

15 - 04 - 2010
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