The draft constitution of November 2012 clearly reflects determination to move closer to an Iranian-style political regime and to restrict basic human rights and fundamental freedoms by religious interpretations of Sharia. This would be detrimental (...)
When the Cairo Court of Appeal passed its unprecedented judgment on 14 June, 1995 separating Islamic scholar Nasr Hamed Abu Zaid from his wife, I, like many Egyptians, suffered a shock which soon flared up into rage, anger and a sense of guilt for (...)
