by Mona Eltahawy | Nov 15, 2005 | Opinion
It was appropriate to begin November 9 at a polling station inside a school in the Cairo neighbourhood of Bab al-Sheiriyya. After all, that was the day that Egypt was to take an exam in democracy as Egyptians voted in the first round of parliamentary elections. This...
by Mona Eltahawy | Nov 1, 2005 | Opinion
When the planes flew into the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11, 2001, I lived in Seattle, on the other side of America. My brother and his wife were visiting me. We did not leave the house for two days because we were worried that Americans angry at...
by Mona Eltahawy | Oct 25, 2005 | Opinion
One hundred years ago, Alexandria was a cosmopolitan city that was home to Muslims, Christians and Jews. Over the past week, Alexandria has been home to an ugly hatred that spurred Muslim rioters to rampage through Christian neighbourhoods, attacking churches and...
by Mona Eltahawy | Oct 20, 2005 | Opinion
CAIRO – Are we seeing the start of an Arab Autumn? On Oct. 18 former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein takes the stand on charges of premeditated murder, torture and forced expulsion and disappearances when he goes on trial for a 1982 massacre of Shiites. A week later,...
by Mona Eltahawy | Oct 11, 2005 | Opinion
"People are asking why are other Muslims getting killed, how come no one does anything about that?" You might think this question was in reference to the devastating earthquake that struck parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan on Saturday. You might...
