Author: Shahid Bolsen

Nasser was a military man, Sadat was a military man, Mubarak was a military man. A genuinely civilian presidency is impossible in Egypt as long as the army has a controlling stake in the economy. In fact, as long as the neoliberal program is advocated by any party in Egypt as the way to manage…

The deal to import Israeli gas is not at all for the benefit of Egypt. This should be clear. It is a diabolical ploy to create Egyptian dependence on Israel for energy, although Egypt has sufficient resources for energy independence. It is a mechanism of enslavement. The beneficiaries are only the multinationals like BG Group,…