Opinion

He parked his car outside his family’s old house, now a weathered brick meeting hall along a dusty road lined with vegetable and fruit...

I was in Cairo to understand that confusing silence. In days packed with meetings with leaders and grassroots activists of the Islamist group, Egypt's...

 What a democratic culture does is take these real and inescapable tensions and find a constructive outlet for  them. The Arabic chant "Salmiya" - peaceful...

Now that the people have gotten what they want in Egypt —the overthrow of Mubarak— will "people-power" automatically lead to a more liberal, secular,...

Now, for the problems. The military itself represents the lesser problem. In charge for six decades, it has made a mess of things. Tarek...

The West may be worried that the crisis will bring democracy too quickly to Egypt and empower the Muslim Brotherhood. But the real concern...

Tomorrow we can all talk about how hard this transition will be, how many pitfalls and uncertainties lie ahead for Egypt, but to be...

He sent the goons of the Ministry of Interior to stir up trouble, in the hope that his people would be scared back into...