Political science in Egypt seems to have a clear grasp of everything, as its clan members have their names tagged to newspapers articles, news analysis broadcasts, TV programmes, and key political posts. But what lies beneath the surface is in fact (...)
This question is neither easy nor even answerable at the moment. There is no apriori criterion for the revolution that one can simply impose on ongoing events to come up with an answer. Rather, it is the unfolding of events that will reveal what (...)
Now that the early days of the Egyptian revolution, with all its glory, enthusiasm, and self-confidence, are long gone, and the country has been most sadly sinking in the quagmire of the transitional period, the only question to be asked is: what (...)
The prevailing opinion views democracy as the form of government that not only encourages free thought, but also shields free thinkers from persecution or even discrimination. In short, it is an environment conducive to philosophy.
However, the (...)
To the ancients, tyranny was the projection of unfettered personal desire, and hence opposed to social existence. This definition remains apropos, writes Mohamed Soffar
The notion of the public sphere that has become lately everybody's favourite (...)
