A City for Egypt’s Future, or Al-Sisi’s? Gaspard Vadot May 7, 2021 Six years ago, the Egyptian government announced they would construct a New Administrative Capital (NAC) in the…
Automobiles and Authoritarians Pascal Hogue Mar 12, 2021 President El-Sisi’s gambit to address Cairo’s traffic woes is bold and sorely needed. It is also fundamentally…
Égypte : Al-Sissi menacé par les manifestations de Septembre ? Agathe Wolf Oct 14, 2019 Le régime du Maréchal al-Sissi, au pouvoir depuis 2014, fait face à sa première vague de contestation de grande…
The Year of the Black Swan Sarie Khalid Feb 11, 2019 In his book,The Black Swan, Nassim Taleb describes a black swan as a highly improbable event which has major!-->…
Laughing Out Loud Sophia Kamps Dec 18, 2018 The right to laugh at one’s government is a core political freedom. Mocking a larger-than-life political leader can…
The Nile Dispute in Ethiopia’s State of Emergency Maha Asad Mar 7, 2018 With one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, Ethiopia was on track to construct the largest…
Conflicting Interests: A Power Vacuum Remains in Libya Samuel Lottes Oct 5, 2017 After a 42-year reign of mostly iron-fisted dictatorship, many Libyans hoped that Muammar Gaddafi’s capture…
Qatar-Gulf Crisis: Several Years in the Making Iman Lahouaoula Jul 19, 2017 A little over a month ago, sudden news emerged that four Arab countries, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates,…
Justice for Egypt and Regeni Sam Hersh Feb 25, 2016 In my last post, I wrote about the untimely death of Giulio Regeni, an Italian PhD student brutally beaten and…
What happened to the Arab Spring?: Political Repression in Egypt Sam Hersh Feb 18, 2016 A few months ago, I wrote a post regarding to Egypt and its labour movement (here is the post if you're curious);…