Sharif Abdel Kouddous is an independent journalist based in Cairo. He is a Democracy Now! correspondent and a Puffin Fellow at The Nation Institute.
The Cairo-based correspondent calls the impending law a "more aggressive authoritarian order than the one we rose up against in 2011."
For nearly four decades, Sahrawis have struggled for independence from Morocco. There are growing fears of a return to arms.
Syrians fleeing the fighting at home have found themselves targeted amid Egypt’s political upheaval.
With corpses filling Cairo’s streets and both sides vowing to escalate, any glimmers of revolutionary hope have been all but extinguished.
The violent clampdown by security forces has all but ended the possibility of a rapprochement with the Muslim Brotherhood.
At least seventy-four people were killed in skirmishes between Morsi supporters and armed men this weekend.
Deadly clashes shock a nation fresh off the heels of a military coup.
That a popular revolt facilitated Morsi’s ouster is undeniable. But it has also solidified the military’s role as the final arbiter of power in Egypt.