Alastair Beach is a freelance reporter based in Cairo who has worked for a variety of publications, including the <em>Independent</em>, the <em>Sunday Telegraph</em> and <em>Spectator</em>. He was previously based in Syria.

More Than Meets the Eye

[caption id="attachment_55233608" align="alignnone" width="620"] Bedouin squat over a hilly area overlooking Gaza, in Rafah city, north Sinai[…

The Enemy Within

[caption id="attachment_55233749" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Ahmed Mourad was Egypt’s official presidential photographer for ten years[/caption…

The Written Revolution

[caption id="attachment_55233875" align="alignnone" width="594"] Egyptian writer Khaled Al-Khamissi [/caption]Khaled al-Khamissi is an Egyptian who…

Too Good to be True

&nbsp; [caption id="attachment_55231473" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="A man reads Al-Ahram newspaper in a backstreet cafe just off Cairo…

The Fate of Avveroes

[caption id="attachment_55234130" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egypt secularists took to the streets of Cairo last year[/caption]On the evening of…

Appetite for Democracy

[caption id="attachment_55234256" align="alignnone" width="620"] Edward McMillan-Scott in Cairo [/caption]Historical perspective is a funny thing. …

Egypt's "King of Thugs" Faces Trial

[caption id="attachment_55234360" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sabri Nakhnoukh was ordered detained for prosecution after ten hours of police…

A Difficult Road Ahead

[caption id="attachment_55235140" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egypt's new Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II [/caption]On 29 November, clerics from…

Tourism Takes its Toll

[caption id="attachment_55235448" align="alignnone" width="620"] Valley of the Kings mural from King Tutankhamun's tomb[/caption]This month marks the…