Mahmud El-Shafey is a writer and assistant editor at <em>Asharq Al-Awsat</em>.

President or Preacher?

[caption id="attachment_55237775" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi.Source: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] …

Under the Weight of Censorship

[caption id="attachment_55238921" align="alignnone" width="620"] The daily newspaper Al-Ahram is sold in Tahrir Square on March 4 2011 in downtown…

Copts’ Uneasy State Relations

[caption id="attachment_55240642" align="alignnone" width="620"] Head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II (L) leads the Coptic…

Egypt Conspires Against Itself

[caption id="attachment_55241375" align="alignnone" width="620"] One of the fourteen Egyptian NGO workers accused of receiving illegal foreign…

The Egyptian Cousins’ War

[caption id="attachment_55243544" align="alignnone" width="620"] Vintage color lithograph from 1864 showing the Duke of Somerset accusing the Duke of…

Egypt's Need for Common Sense

[caption id="attachment_55244494" align="alignnone" width="620"] Supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi spray slogans on a wall…

Islamist Infighting

[caption id="attachment_55245281" align="alignnone" width="620"] Supporters of the Salafist Al-Nour Party watch a speech given by popular Salafi…

Sadat’s Example for Egypt

[caption id="attachment_55245974" align="alignnone" width="594"] Egyptian president Anwar Sadat attends the successful conclusion of the Sinai II…

Constitution Conundrum

[caption id="attachment_55246489" align="alignnone" width="594"] Egypt's 50-member constitution-drafting committee at their first meeting in Cairo on…

Egypt’s Ex-Presidents' Club

[caption id="attachment_55247258" align="alignnone" width="620"] Morsi supporters gather outside Cairo Police Academy on November 4, 2013. (Mohammed…