Egyptian Military: Modern day Pharaohs

Travelling to Gaza this year with the South African delegation was reported as the most difficult trip made by the humanitarian group- the Gaza Rehabilitation Fund. This particular group had made 8 previous trips and in none of them had so many obstacles been...
Putting Egypt’s Coup on Trial

Putting Egypt’s Coup on Trial

When Egypt’s Defense Minister, General Abdelfattah El-Sisi, deposed President Muhammad Morsi in a military coup depicted as a popular revolt, on July 3, coup leaders were confident that Morsi and his supporters, led by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), would quickly...
Al-Sissi just one of the pieces of complex Egyptian mosaic

Al-Sissi just one of the pieces of complex Egyptian mosaic

The article ‘Sissi mania sweeps Egypt’ (The Star Newspaper) by Abigail Hauslohner on 17 October 2013 refers: A mosaic is never understood or seen in its entirety by viewing the individual elements of the piece but rather by stepping back and looking at the collective...
THE UNRESOLVED EGYPTIAN CRISIS

THE UNRESOLVED EGYPTIAN CRISIS

The latest Russian-American truce in Syria does not mean that the crisis is over. Far from it. The insurgency in Syria seems to have overshadowed another crisis in the region. The overthrow of Mohammed Morsi, the democratically elected President of Egypt and member of...