Denial, shame and the Armenian Genocide

by Robert Kazandjian The identity I was constructing for myself collapsed around my L.A-Gear-clad feet when I was six or seven. My friend Kirilos arrived from Sudan, and joined our school. The teacher, encouraged by my proud declarations of Egyptian heritage, told me to speak ‘your language’ with him. ‘Parev, inch’pes es?’ (Hello, how are… Read More

Journalism behind bars in Egypt

by Amr Khalifa  It has become a staple for the Egyptian regime, a regime terrified of the word, to shackle independent voices of journalism. This time, the victim is Ismail El Eskandarani, a young and bright journalist and researcher with a strong bend for standing with the underdogs, of which there are plenty in Egypt.… Read More

#Egypt, the unravelling

by Yahia Lababidi “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.” -Nietzsche Lately, it seems that every time I sit down to write about Egypt, after our revolution, I am under slept and overwhelmed.  Certainly, following yesterday’s horrific massacre, this is no exception.  To date, and if the… Read More