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Criminal injustice in Egypt
By Khaled Diab Egyptian police and a decades-old emergency law stand in the dock of public opinion following a young man’s alleged murder. 6 July 2010 The ‘before’ and ‘after’ shots looked like the...
View ArticleRevolution@1: Egypt must learn from 1952
By Osama Diab Like in 1952, the army is trying to silence opposition with the Muslim Brotherhood’s help. But can the Tahrir mentality stop history from repeating? Friday 13 January 2012 In the final...
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Detained Egyptian musician vows: “I will not be silenced” about police brutality
Mohammed Jamal, the lead singer of the popular Egyptian indie band Salalem, tells The Chronikler his story about a night of hell in police custody. Sunday 12 February 2012 I thought it over carefully...
View ArticleEgypt’s false state of security
By Wael Eskandar Handing Egypt’s security services a licence to repress the Muslim Brotherhood will return us to the police state the revolution worked to overthrow. Friday 16 August 2013 There is a...
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Giulio Regeni is the tip of Egypt’s police brutality iceberg
By Khaled Diab Many Egyptians find the allegation that the Italian student was killed by Egypt’s notorious security apparatus chillingly plausible. Italy must shed its former enthusiasm for the Sisi...
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Trapped inside Fortress Europe
By Boštjan Videmšek/DELO, Chios The plight of the 63,000 refugees and migrants still marooned in Greece should give Europeans pause for thought. Photo: ©Jure Eržen/DELO Wednesday 31 January 2017 In a...
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Prisoners of our guilty consciences
By Khaled Diab The intensifying crackdown on the media and civil society in Egypt leaves Egyptians who are out of the country feeling powerless to help and guilty about the freedoms they enjoy. Photo:...
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Tunisia: Freedom and the pursuit of unhappiness
By Khaled Diab With greater freedom has come greater unhappiness in Tunisia. Behind this apparent paradox is economic hardship and nostalgia for a past that never was. Photo: ©Khaled Diab Tuesday 6...
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Trump is terrible but Europe and the Middle East have racism too
By Khaled Diab Outside America, Donald Trump has provoked near universal outrage and dismay. However, Europeans and Middle Easterners must not forget the racism closer to home. Photo: Peg Hunter,...
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