I was infected by the enthusiasm I saw recently from a group of independent Egyptian media workers and political activists towards journalist Asaad Taha's suggestion of launching the first ever satellite channel to be established through popular (...)
Contemporary discussions about the state of Egypt are largely focused on avenging the past rather than pondering over the future. Whether in the country's freedom squares or in the media, strategic plans are mixed up with tactical imperatives, and (...)
I was happy to read the news that independent MPs Alaa Abdel Monem and Mustafa el-Gendi have joined the Wafd Party. I see this as a step in the right direction since their membership in the Wafd will once again help curb the phenomenon of (...)
In the early 1970s, I was an editor in the research department of el-Gomhoreya newspaper. We were cramped in a small room and were often visited by the paper's major writers when they came to submit their articles or receive their paychecks. Our (...)
