“If I die, post these to my Facebook,” Moustafa Salah, age 22, said half-jokingly as I photographed him in a fifth-story apartment one block from Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. He and four friends prepared for their return to the battle being waged below between Egypt’s Central Security Forces (CSF) and unarmed protesters, which has [...]

Many are calling it the unfinished revolution. They would not be entirely wrong. In any case, the defiant spirit of Tahrir, now legendary throughout the world, has returned. This Sunday, tens of thousands of supporters returned to the birthplace of the revolution, Tahrir Square to demand that the transitional Supreme Council of the Armed Forces [...]

Photo of smog over Cairo, by Strum58 at en.wikipedia. By Conal Darcy Cairo’s “black cloud,” an annual toxic haze of smoke, fog, and air pollution which hangs above the city and its surrounding governates for up to two months, will return this fall, according to environmental scientists. Opinions are split, however, on whether the seasonal [...]

By Alex Shams The Arab Spring electrified progressives around the world in a revolutionary momentum unlike any we have witnessed in a generation. Images of square after Arab square filled to the brim with protesters calling for democratic reforms have helped provide those of us struggling to maintain our faith in “people power” with a [...]

The true test of a nation’s resolve lies not in the way in which they oust their leaders but the manner in which they build their country. Egyptians have reached a juncture where they have the opportunity to push the society and the political establishment to completely transform. However, that future appears shaky.  With protestors [...]