Reading Hani Shukrallah on what Egypt does now
The political revolution in Egypt needs a legal revolution equal to its values and moral force
Triumph at last in Midan at-Tahrir
These 18 days of protests constitute the most beautiful political act I have ever witnessed
Reading ‘How Democracy Became Halal’ op-ed in the Times
What a former CIA Middle East specialist gets wrong in his Times op-ed about the Egypt protests
The Green Man Ferro China bottle: Cairo, Egypt, 1994
A bitter aperitif from 1990s Cairo with an odd name and undrinkable contents
Where the Egypt revolution began
Egypt’s current demonstrations build on years of work by civil society groups
Shepard Smith’s moment of moral clarity about the Egypt protests
Finally, the American media abandons the pretense that the pro-Mubarak gangs might be spontaneous
La Baalbanaise arak bottle: Cairo, Egypt, 1994
Conjuring up neither the decadence of Baalbek nor the panache of the Lebanese
Why downtown Cairo has been the symbolic center of protest since the 1950s
Downtown Cairo burned on 26 January 1952; exactly 59 years later, it is the center of protest again
Portrait of Saad Zaghloul, leader of Egypt’s 1919 revolution
The tattered portrait of the man who led the Egyptian revolution of 1919
What makes Egypt beautiful
This exceptionally moving interview reveals what is at stake for the protesters in Egypt
Chabrawichi 555 cologne: Cairo, Egypt, 1998
An Egyptian cologne that in enclosed spaces tends to linger almost in perpetuity