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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)

Egypt’s army dots the i’s and crosses the t’s

Earlier this week, Egypt's Defense Minister Abdul Fattah al-Sissi sent a set of unmistakably potent messages, which put the army firmly at the heart of the Egyptian scene. "The army is like a...

 Obscure Nile Delta village exposes ‘other Egypt’

All of a sudden, the small village of el-Qatawia captured the headlines in politically polarized Egypt. El-Qatawia, located in the Delta province of Sharqia, would have continued to be obscure had it...

 Bassem Youssef’s questioning a sign of regime in quandary

In late February, a TV interviewer asked Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi if satirical shows irk him. “If satirism is part of a constructive entertainment program, then it isn’t...

 Mursi can’t ask about the latest joke

Side by side with the mounting protests demanding his departure, Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi is facing an internecine war from Egyptians’ fabled joking machine. He is the target of a...

 Egypt's destiny hinges on police again

Egypt changed on January 28, 2011 when the then interior minister Habib al-Adly called president Hosni Mubarak to tell him that the police could not hold out any longer against swarms of protesters....

 Egyptian army's political redeployment

In the course of war, the military could resort to a tactic known as "repositioning" or "redeployment". The Egyptian army is now engaged in a political redeployment, a key feature...

 Mursi -- a president with panache for crises

Egypt's current political crisis puts President Mohammed Mursi's rule to a crucial test. Likewise, the crisis comes as an unexpected test for his Muslim Brotherhood group's ability to entrench its...