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Arab family members gather in a communal family space to discuss plans after a truce expires following tribal feuding in Aswan, Egypt, on April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Sabry Khaled, El Shorouk Newspaper)

Code of Honor

by Mahmud El Shafey | Apr 21, 2014 | Majalla Blogs

Egypt is a country with many faces and a country that continually finds itself at the center of attention. One facet of Egypt’s complex culture that has only recently drawn international interest is al-tar—the vendetta. Although blood feuds have long been a defining...

Egypt’s Ex-Presidents’ Club

by Mahmud El Shafey | Dec 5, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

“The trial of Mohamed Mursi is not taking place in the same manner as the trial of Mohamed Hosni [Mubarak]. If Mursi has committed crimes against the people, then we, as the people, should have the right . . . to see what is happening inside the court,” one Egyptian...

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In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013 file photo, a poster showing Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, and former presidents Anwar Sadat, left, and Gamal Abdel-Nasser, right, is taped to an army armored vehicle on a bridge leading to Tahrir Square during celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Egypt’s Oct. 6 crossing of the Suez Canal during the 1973 war with Israel, in Cairo, Egypt (AP)

Constitution Conundrum

by Mahmud El Shafey | Nov 4, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Rumors continue to swirl around Egypt’s Lagna Al-Khamseen—the fifty-member committee tasked with drafting its new constitution. Speculation is rife as to whether the document will designate Shari’a law as the basis for legislation, allow civilians to be tried by...

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In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul, right, and Egyptian President Muhammed Morsi shake hands before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey. Source: AP Photo/File

International opinion divided over toppling of Mursi

by Mahmud El Shafey | Jul 5, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The downfall of Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi at the hands of millions of protestors and the country’s armed forces has provoked mixed reactions abroad. Within the Arab world, the monarchs of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two...

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Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi.Source: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images

President or Preacher?

by Mahmud El Shafey | Jan 10, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

It has not been a good week for Egypt’s president, Mohamed Mursi. Nationwide protests against his rule marked the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution on 25 January. Deadly riots broke out in a number of Egypt’s cities, resulting in at least fifty deaths and...