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Abdullah Kamal
Abdullah Kamal

(Abdullah Kamal – Egyptian journalist and political analyst, an adviser to Al Rai Kuwaiti newspaper in Cairo, working now on writing a book about the end of Mubarak era under the title of The Penultimate Pharaoh. The writer had been editor- in- chief of both Rose El-Youssef magazine and newspaper (2005 – 2011) and a member of Shoura Council (2007 – 2011)

Will Mubarak's state return?

This question is already there, reflecting fears of some people who took to the streets in early 2011 against the Mubarak regime. In fact, these fears are more personal than being credible worries...

 The fallacy of an Egyptian police state

I once read the term “the police state” in an interview with the former presidential contender Hamdeen Sabahi and once again in a tweet by liberal politician Amr Hamzawy. Sabahi said:...

 Egypt’s political roadmap is at stake

The Egyptian presidency, reacting to condemnation by U.S. President Barack Obama, has implicitly warned that a political roadmap for the country is at stake. “The presidency fears that the...

 U.S. aid to Egypt: a question of dignity

I have compared statements made by Egypt’s late president Gamal Abdul Nasser, former president Hosni Mubarak and incumbent army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on U.S. aid and found them to be...

 Egypt: Gulf can forge a post-Brotherhood alternative

A historic chance may be at hand to set into motion an alternative project to fill in the vacuum resulting from the successive bids to set up a pan-Arab project last century and the early defeat...

 Egypt’s police throw down the gauntlet to the MB

The Egyptian police’s surprising stance ahead of the protests planned by the opposition on June 30 is as worrying as the stand adopted by the army. While the Brotherhood, from which President...

 Egypt back to square one in existential face-off

No other Egyptian ruler than President Mohammed Mursi has faced such pre-scheduled mass protests. In the past, such protests would erupt suddenly or be announced just days before they took place as...

 Mursi and Erdogan – a thorn in each other’s side

What Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan was able to keep under wraps for more than 10 years has eluded Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi to cover up for less than a year. Hence, the link between...