Tag: Jadaliyya

Meeting Essam Sharaf: Time for Truth and Reconciliation?

Articles, Egypt, Soraya Morayef, Translating Dissent

By Soraya Morayef 15 July 2012 Over the past sixteen months, much has been written about Egypt’s leaderless revolution, with many blaming its seeming sluggishness on the absence of a single figure to unite and represent the now fragmented revolutionary forces. To me, and perhaps others, Essam Sharaf was—however briefly—a potential candidate for this task. On 4 March 2011, right

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To Willingly Enter the Circles, the Square

Activist reflections, Egypt, Translating Dissent, Wiam El-Tamami

by Wiam El-Tamami Jadaliyya, 30 July 2013 We were on the edge of Tahrir Square on Wednesday 3 July when the army made its announcement. The square burst into jubilation. A member of our team checked his smartphone. He shouted over the din of drumbeats and squealing vuvuzelas: “Morsi’s gone. They’ve appointed the head of the constitutional court in his place

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