More than 50 killed in Cairo massacre
You will have read by now that a massacre has taken place in Cairo. Hopefully you will have read this and experienced what is proper to experience when you see videos like the one above: horror. If...
View ArticleThe day the revolution died
#173181329 / gettyimages.com See, I’d always assumed it was because of people not liking Mohammad Morsi personally, or sour grapes, or some sort of abstract ideal of a perfect, secular democracy that...
View ArticleWatching a Mohammad Morsi speech on Twitter
Billed as a chance for the President of Egypt to assuage some of his fiercer critics ahead of a planned round of nationwide protests on June 30, Mohammad Morsi didn’t let down those baying for his...
View ArticleThe people demanded the fall of the regime
In anticipation of the slew of “2 years on” articles and tweets explaining where they were when Mubarak fell, some observations. Morsi is not Mubarak, even if the comparison is alliterative and fits...
View ArticleThe real enemies of Tahrir
#461364673 / gettyimages.com #461364673 / gettyimages.com Why is no one talking about Egypt’s judiciary? In recent days, clashes between largely peaceful protesters and security forces have claimed...
View Article683 sentenced to die in Egypt
#487195441 / gettyimages.com The largest death sentence in living memory, handed out to opponents of the coup in Egypt today in a Minya courtroom, was not even the worst atrocity since the military...
View ArticleThe things they said that day
With the announcement of General Abel Fatah al Sisi’s run for the Egyptian presidency, I thought it would be fun (well, not fun…illuminating) to see what other promises made by supporters of the...
View ArticleEgypt: 2013 in review
N.B. This is not an attempt at an exhaustive run down of everything that happened in Egypt in 2013. Firstly, that would take too long and, more importantly, people have already done that for you. Here....
View ArticleThe best All Egyptians Constitution memes
You have got to hand it to the people drafting Egypt’s newest constitution. The one that places the Supreme Council of Armed Forces above legal arbitration and that safeguards the right for the...
View Article14 girls receive 11 years in jail for protesting in Egypt
Update: We’ve had confirmation from the girls’ legal representative that the sentence handed down to them is for 11 years and one month of jail each, not cumulatively. Also, here’s a photo said to be...
View ArticleA high school guide to Egypt right now
TEACHER’S NOTE: I’m extremely weary of the bullshit high-school philosophy type essays that make the news suggesting that the Muslim Brotherhood was culpable for Egypt’s coup and the...
View ArticleEgypt: Passing the failed democracy test
Bassem Youssef has drawn the ire of a new set of authorities… This week saw the much-anticipated return to TV screens across the nation of “Egypt’s John Stewart” (TM), Dr Bassem Youssef and his...
View ArticleThe massacre everyone waited for
The massacre we all waited for – some of us in horror, others with barely concealed glee – has happened. Like the Tahrir Square protests of Jan. 25 martyrs’ families, the protesters supporting the...
View ArticleGeneral Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s speech in English
Here is a translation of the business end of General Abdel Farah al-Sisi’s speech today, in which he called on Egyptians to protest against violence and terrorism this Friday. I don’t believe this is...
View ArticleEgypt’s latest dictator
In a twist of Nietzschean inevitability, today Egypt’s Defence Minister and self-appointed Deputy Prime Minister General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi took to the podium looking every bit the mad dictator to...
View ArticleMore than 50 killed in Cairo massacre
You will have read by now that a massacre has taken place in Cairo. Hopefully you will have read this and experienced what is proper to experience when you see videos like the one above: horror. If...
View ArticleThe day the revolution died
See, I’d always assumed it was because of people not liking Mohammad Morsi personally, or sour grapes, or some sort of abstract ideal of a perfect, secular democracy that some in the Egyptian...
View ArticleWatching a Mohammad Morsi speech on Twitter
Billed as a chance for the President of Egypt to assuage some of his fiercer critics ahead of a planned round of nationwide protests on June 30, Mohammad Morsi didn’t let down those baying for his...
View ArticleThe people demanded the fall of the regime
In anticipation of the slew of “2 years on” articles and tweets explaining where they were when Mubarak fell, some observations. Morsi is not Mubarak, even if the comparison is alliterative and fits...
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