When Cairo heaves, the whole world feels the vibrations — or so the millions of people who live here like to think of their bustling abode. But what happens when Cairo's donkeys travel to one of the most venerable religious sites in London? The (...)
The National Salvation Front (NSF) is attempting to attract more civilian opposition forces beneath its umbrella ahead of parliamentary elections, while simultaneously seeking to enhance its appeal to revolutionary forces that, as they prepare to (...)
When Niazi Mustafa, a lawyer and member of the National Salvation Front (NSF) committee that shortlists candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections, was asked what the main factor affecting the NSF's popularity would be, he immediately (...)
Young Egyptians have launched more than 100 Facebook pages and groups calling for a second revolution on 25 January 2013. Meanwhile, the National Salvation Front (NSF) is adapting to the political game according to the new rules. According to Azazi (...)
What does the National Salvation Front (NSF) have in its favour? What plans or perceptions does this nascent front, which has gathered a broad range of opposition forces under its umbrella, have for managing the crisis, now that the draft (...)
In the streets surrounding Tahrir Square one senses a sudden rebirth of civil forces. They have been resuscitated, as if by a miraculous kiss of life. It's there in the numbers and energy of the marches, and the reclaiming of the revolutionary (...)
What is the truth behind what is happening now in Sinai? This is the question on everyone's minds, and it is being debated in the Egyptian media without giving rise to any satisfactory answers.
In truth, there is a tangle of issues, these having to (...)
Some have seen tensions between the Bedouin and others in Sinai, but the experience of Dahab indicates that everyone can pool forces to realise an Egyptian dream, writes Ibrahim Farouk in the fifth part of an Al-Ahram Weekly series
The community in (...)
Sinai has long been an important destination for pilgrims, but many travellers today come to the peninsula as tourists drawn by the spectacular pleasures it has to offer, writes Ibrahim Farouk in the fourth part of an Al-Ahram Weekly series
Do (...)
Opportunities for Sinai women are expanding, but they still have some way to go before they are equal with other Egyptian women, writes Ibrahim Farouk in the third instalment of an Al-Ahram Weekly series
Sinai, a kind of lost paradise, continues to (...)
The size of Japan, but treated by the media as if it were a small town, Sinai is poorly understood by international visitors and Egyptians alike, writes Ibrahim Farouk in the first instalment of an Al-Ahram Weekly series
Do we really know Sinai? We (...)