Selected Opinion

By Saba E. Demian, M.D. – In the long history of this civilization, the Egyptian civilization, there has not been a parallel to this period in which the soul of Egypt is in the balance. [...]

By Youssef Sidhom – Watani International – I have never been hasty in writing down my opinion; quite the contrary, I have always been used to take my time to study situations and [...]

By Mina Fayek , Open Democracy –  Last week, an Egyptian court ordered the release of all defendants accused of assaulting a Coptic woman in the southern city of Minya. Rumors had spread of [...]

Egypt: Before strife becomes sectarianism By Ziad Bahaa-Eldin, Ahram Online July 26, 2016 Numerous, respected voices have been raised demanding enforcement of the law and justice in the most [...]

By Eric Trager –  Wall Street Journal – Even when elected, Islamists foment instability. In June 2012, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi narrowly won Egypt’s first fair and [...]

By Max Lindenman – Aleteia – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in a snit, and on a tear. Having survived last Friday’s military coup, the Turkish president has declared a three-month “state of [...]

By Shahira Amin –  Al Monitor – An Orthodox Christian nun from Mar Girgis Monastery in Old Cairo was killed July 5 after reportedly being hit by a stray bullet in an exchange of fire [...]

Shahira Amin – Egyptian Streets – A photo released by Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency (MENA) shows Egyptian President Abdulfattah Al-Sisi (second right), the Grand Sheik of [...]

By John L. Allen Jr., CRUX – Few would suggest that Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is a savior figure, with a dubious approach to human rights and a mixed record on protecting the [...]

By Leela Jacinto – Foreign Policy – The chickens are coming home to roost. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has publicly voiced what many of us thought — and tweeted — shortly after [...]