Egypt’s Al-Sisi Has Caged Himself In
February 26, 2024 | The Egyptian dictator demanded his citizens give up freedoms for development. Now they have neither.
Articles by Faruk Ekmekci
How Brute Violence Became Egypt’s Answer to Virtually Everything
September 15, 2023 | Ten years ago, the country’s security forces killed over 800 protestors in broad daylight. Today, no critic is spared in the dictatorship, which receives ample U.S. military aid.
Swiss Minarets: Only the Tip of the Iceberg
December 16, 2009 | The Muslim world should not respond to European bigotry with bigotry of its own.
Behind the Honduran Coup
July 1, 2009 | It's a mistake to understand Honduras (or Latin America more generally) as driven by Cold War style conflicts between a pro-U.S. bloc and a pro-Chávez bloc.