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Egyptian author Mansoura Ez-Eldin (photo: private)

Literature versus reality

Author Mansoura Ez-Eldin: Chasing fata morganas

She fought for renewal and lost her illusions. In a very personal text, Egyptian writer Mansoura Ez-Eldin explains how literature accompanied her through a time of radical changeMore

The Egyptian Revolution five years on: Ghosts of the uprising Interview with the Egyptian author Mansoura Ez-Eldin: "The current situation is untenable"Women's rights in post-revolutionary Egypt: A second revolt for Sheherazade's daughters
The Egyptian author Mansoura Ez-Eldin (photo: Arian Fariborz)

The Egyptian Revolution five years on

Ghosts of the uprising

25 January 2011 saw the start of the revolution in Egypt that led to the collapse of the Mubarak dictatorship. Today, the Egyptian writer Mansoura Ez-Eldin sees another regime in power staging an absurd drama of fear and oppressionMore

The revolution of 25 January 2011 and its consequences: Learning from past mistakesEgypt's democratic perspectives: A shroud for the revolution?Interview with the Egyptian author Mansoura Ez-Eldin: "The current situation is untenable"
Protests against the acquittal of Hosni Mubarak on Tahrir Square in Cairo (photo: AFP/Getty Images)

The revolution of 25 January 2011 and its consequences

Learning from past mistakes

Right from the word go, the Egyptian writer Mansoura Ez-Eldin was part of the protests against the Mubarak regime in Tahrir Square in January 2011. She became a chronicler of the revolution, reporting daily on the unrest in the Egyptian capital. In this essay, she outlines the mistakes made by the former revolutionary movement and explains why Egypt is now undergoing an authoritarian restorationMore

The political mood in Egypt: Between a rock and a hard placeEgypt's democratic perspectives: A shroud for the revolution?Mansoura Ez Eldin on women's rights in Egypt: Between hammer and anvilInterview with the Egyptian author Mansoura Ez-Eldin: "The current situation is untenable"
Supporters of General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on Tahrir Square in Cairo on the third anniversary of the revolution (photo: Reuters)

The political mood in Egypt

Between a rock and a hard place

The poor turnout in the constitutional referendum last week shows that the democratic spirit that fuelled the popular uprising in Egypt in 2011 is now flagging. Writer and journalist Mansoura Ez-Eldin describes the current moodMore

President Morsi Ousted: Revolution in Egypt, AgainThree Years after the Arab Uprisings: Tyranny Has Gone UnpunishedMansoura Ez Eldin on Women's Rights in Egypt: Between Hammer and Anvil
Morsi's supporters demonstrating against the president's deposition (photo: Reuters)

Egypt's Revolution at the Crossroads

A Battle That No One Can Win?

Egypt has been the scene of a series of tumultuous events since the start of demonstrations against the now-deposed President Morsi. The nation may well have entered one of the most dangerous periods in its recent history, says Mansura EseddinMore

Charlotte Wiedemann & Mansoura Ez-Eldin: Prospects for Women in the Arab SpringEgypt after the Coup: Two Sides of the Same CoinAfter the Military Coup in Egypt: Power Vacuum Looms Large

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Banished from paradise: in Biblical times, paradise was where Adam and Eve lived, supposedly the area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers – until God banished them from the Garden of Eden because they nibbled on the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. There are still lush oases on the banks of the river, but people's lives there today are anything but paradisiacal.

Pope Francis' visit to Iraq's biblical sites

Abraham was born in Iraq and this is where the whale swallowed Jonah, according to the Bible. Pope Francis' is travelling to an area steeped in biblical history.