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Lina Attalah on Media in Egypt
[This post is part of an ongoing Profile of a Contemporary Conduit series on Jadaliyya that seeks to highlight distinct voices primarily in and from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.]...
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Violence Erupts At Several Brotherhood Marches
Several satellite screens showed images of the Muslim Brotherhood march on the May Fifteen Bridge, west of Cairo, shooting gunfire, on Friday afternoon.The violence started as Egypt braces for a...
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Death Toll Climbs as Clashes Continue
The Ministry of Interior is instructed to "deal with Muslim Brotherhood members" after the curfew, Sherif Shawky, media advisor to the Cabinet told Al-Hayat television channel. "We are facing terrorism...
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Egypt's 'Friday of Rage' Clashes Leave Dozens Dead
Friday saw further protests and violence across the country, with dozens of deaths in Cairo alone.Egypt witnessed another day of bloody clashes on Friday as protests led by supporters of ousted...
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First-Hand Account of Rabea Dispersal
We reached the Rabea al-Adaweya sit-in at seven am on Wednesday, about an hour after the police and Armed Forces launched their coordinated attack to disperse the six-week long demonstration.South of...
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Egyptian Human Rights Groups Condemn Violence By State, Brotherhood
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights released a statement Thursday condemning the use of excessive force by the security forces dispersing sit-ins by Muslim Brotherhood supporters around Rabea...
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Cabinet Proposes Brotherhood Dissolution
Media advisor to the Cabinet Sherif Shawky said Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi and Minister of Social Solidarity Ahmed al-Boraie are looking into dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood within a legal...
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كذا أنا يا دنيا
[تعمل ”جدلية“ على نشر مقاطع من أعمال ومقالات أدباء وشخصيات نتناول سيرتها في ”ملف من الأرشيف“. في هذا الأسبوع، الذي يصادف ذكرى وفاة الكاتب والباحث الفلسطيني خليل السكاكيني (23 كانون الثاني 1878 القدس-13...
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ملف من الأرشيف: خليل السكاكيني
[ "ملف من الأرشيف" هي سلسة تقوم ”جدلية“ بنشرها بالعربية والإنجليزية بالتعاون مع جريدة ”السفير“ اللبنانية. الملفات لشخصيات أيقونية تركت أثراً عميقاً في الحقل السياسي والثقافي في العالم العربي.]...
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The Revenge of the Police State
While the ongoing violence in Egypt has contributed to a state of confusion and polarization, one thing is certain: The biggest threat facing Egypt remains the return of the police state. More...
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Sectarian Violence Sweeps Over Egypt
On Wednesday 14 August, police forces brutally cleared out two Cairene sit-ins supporting ousted President Mohamed Morsi, which resulted in well over six hundred deaths. Violence swept over the whole...
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An Account of the Ramses Violence
The protest at Ramses Square was large and exuberant. A group of young men bounced up and down in a circle to the rhythm of a tabla—ultras style—promising to give the Interior Ministry hell. A...
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Excluding the Exclusionary: Does the Muslim Brotherhood Have A Say in Its...
As a direct result of relying on outmoded dogmas, the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood backed the movement into a lose/lose corner. On one hand, steadfastly refusing to end its sit-ins led to a...
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240 Brotherhood Members Detained in Ramses Clashes
The West Cairo Prosecution ordered the detention of 240 members of the Muslim Brotherhood for fifteen days, pending investigation into clashes that raged in Ramses Square on Friday.The detainees are...
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From Citizen To Problem: The New Coptic Tokenism
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry released a statement this past Thursday that was entirely without precedent, and yet it received practically no media attention amidst the political turmoil the country is...
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A Siren Song For Lebanon
On Thursday my friend invited us over for a home cooked meal and a card game (tarnib), combining two of our favorite recreational activities. In preparation, she had gone to one of our favorite dessert...
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Sisi Vows to Stand Firm in the Face of Violence
Defense Minister General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Sunday that the Armed Forces will stand firm in the face of violence, while calling on the Muslim Brotherhood to reevaluate their positions.“Whoever...
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Grieving Families Face Logistical Nightmare at Morgue
A day after the bloody dispersal of two Islamist sit-ins by security forces left hundreds dead, the Al-Iman Mosque in Nasr City had been converted into a makeshift morgue, where ice and fans were used...
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Everything Was Possible
I sit, for the twelfth hour now, alone and struggling for what to do. For the first time since I got on a plane for Egypt on 29 January 2011, I am at a loss.Worse days than today lie ahead of us.We...
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Egypt Media Roundup (August 19)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Egypt and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Egypt Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may...
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