In this blog post I try to collect links to above-average articles about the current situation in Egypt. Please, note that “recommended” does not mean that I endorse the contents of the articles. It just means that (others indicated that) this is an article worth reading. I would especially like to mention that Egyptians that I meet have a more positive attitude towards an intervention by the army than several articles below. I don’t judge, but just notice it.

Friday August 16, 2013

Safwat Marzouk (The Huffington Post): We Pray for the Future

Thursday August 1, 2013

Jonathan Wright: Elite Angst in Sisi’s Egypt

Wednesday July 31, 2013

Amr Shalakany (Jadaliyya): Pretty Names and Ugly Things: Getting to Know the Law of Egypt’s Second Transitional Period

Friday July 26, 2013

Sara Farouk Ahmed (Egyptian Streets): Is Egypt Witnessing a Media Coup?

Thursday July 25, 2013

Sarah Carr (Mada): The Popular War on Terror

Tuesday July 9, 2013

Brenda Stoter (Al-Monitor): Witnesses Recount Attack on Morsi Supporters

Zaid al-Ali (Foreign Policy): Another Egyptian Constitutional Declaration

Monday July 8, 2013

Andrew P. Klager (Huffingtonpost): Expectations and Reality in Egypt: A Time for Authentic Pragmatism

Sunday July 7, 2013

Nervana (blog): Egyptian Aak. Week 27 – New SCAF vs. Old Islamists (lists articles from July 1 to 7; thus complementing the present list of recommended articles about Egypt)

Saturday July 6, 2013

David D. Kirkpatrick and Mayy el-Sheikh (The New York Times): Morsi Spurned Deals, Seeing Military as Tamed

Dirk Wanrooij (Blog vanuit Caïro): Aanhangers Morsi geven zich niet zomaar gewonnen

Toby Helm and Martin Chulov (The Guardian): Egyptian Army Had No Choice over Move to Topple Morsi, Says Tony Blair

Volkskrant: Egypte: derde kinderen ondervoed, 14 miljoen mensen hebben honger

Friday July 5, 2013

Hamza Hendawi and Maggie Michael, Associated Press (The Guardian): Mohamed Morsi’s Final Days: The Inside Story

Yasmine Saleh and Paul Taylor (Reuters): Special Report: Mursi’s Downfall

Thursday July 4, 2013

Bassem Sabry (Al-Monitor): How Morsi, Brotherhood Lost Egypt

David D. Kirkpatrick and Ben Hubbard (The New York Times): For Islamists, Dire Lessons on Politics and Power

The Economist: Egypt’s Tragedy: Islam, Democracy and Soldiers; Muhammad Morsi was incompetent, but his ouster should be cause for regret, not celebration (dated July 6)

Thomas L. Friedman (The New York Times): Egypt’s Revolution Part II

Wednesday July 3, 2013

Amro Ali (Facebook): A Visual Breakdown of Egypt’s Political Deadlock

Dirk Wanrooij (Blog vanuit Caïro): Het Egyptische leger, een obscuur instituut

Jeffrey Fleishman (Los Angeles Times): Egypt Coup Against Morsi is Rooted in a Decades Long Struggle

Koert DeBeuf (euobserver.com): And Now, the End is Near for President Morsi

International Crisis Group: A Difficult Way Forward in Egypt

President Morsi/presidency: Message on Facebook (in Arabic)

Office of Assistant to President of Egypt on Foreign Relations: Message on Facebook (in English)

Tuesday July 2, 2013

Mohannad Sabry (Al-Monitor): The Muslim Brotherhood Fights for Its Legacy, Not for Morsi

Nervana: It’s the Identity, Stupid

Samer S. Shehata (The New York Times): In Egypt, Democrats vs. Liberals

Monday July 1, 2013

Mohamed El Dahshan: Celebrating a Disaster in Egypt

Patrick Galey: The Day the Revolution Died

Egyptian Army: Statement of the General Command of the Armed Forces (at 16:30)

Wednesday June 26, 2013

President Morsi: Address to the Nation (English translation at Atlantic Council, June 26, 2013)

March 21, 2013

Hazem Kandil (London Review of Books): Deadlock in Cairo

Friday June 29, 2012

President Morsi: Speech at Tahrir Square (English translation Borzou Daragahi on Facebook, June 30, 2012)

Sunday June 24, 2012

President Morsi: Speech upon his election as president (English translation Borzou Daragahi on Facebook, June 25, 2012)

Please, send me your suggestions (articles in English, German, French, Arabic, or Dutch) to make this a more helpful list. I aim at some ten articles per day (including the past days), reflecting different perspectives.