Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Mansour 1: Sisi 0
June 23, 2015
By David Hearst While Al Jazeera’s reporter Ahmed Mansour was briefly but unduly detained in Berlin, Egypt’s president Sisi roams Europe unchallenged In 2004, only
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Resentment, anger and violence
June 18, 2015
By Prof George Joffé The outcome of the ‘Arab Spring’ or ‘Arab Awakening’, as many inside the region prefer to call it, has been very
Egypt’s epidemic of police violence and impunity
June 18, 2015
By Shahira Amin Last week’s attack on a lawyer is a symptom of a systematic crisis of police abuse, and the president’s apology is no
Egypt challenges court ruling on Hamas ‘terrorism’
March 31, 2015
Over the last three years, even when Mohammed Morsi was president, Egyptian media outlets have carried out an unprecedented campaign against Hamas. Egyptian hostility toward the movement
The new Saudi king, Egypt and the MB
March 31, 2015
When King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died Jan. 23, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement that was conspicuously warm. One might have thought that considering the
Bibi or Buji: no change either way
March 31, 2015
By David Hearst Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrate at the Likud Party’s election headquarters There are five states of Israel, only two
A picture is worth a thousand words
November 27, 2014
Libya: Ten Things About Gaddafi They Don’t Want You to Know November 16, 2014 Ruling the country for for 41 years until
Saudi king’s short victory lap in Egypt
July 9, 2014
It had the feel of a victory lap, albeit short and quick. Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz visited Cairo on June 20 to congratulate
More Egyptian Injustice
July 1, 2014
Alarming Convictions of Al Jazeera Journalists in Egypt The conviction of three journalists by an Egyptian court on Monday for doing their jobs is the
Israel has Egypt over a barrel
June 27, 2014
By David Hearst Lop-sided natural resource deals Egypt signed with Israel under Mubarak have cost the country billions and left the people struggling with daily