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Bassem Sabry

Bassem Sabry is an Egyptian political writer and commentator. On Twitter: @Bassem_Sabry

A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi throws stones at riot police during clashes in the Ramsis square area in central Cairo July 15, 2013. Egyptian police and protesters clashed in central Cairo early on Tuesday after fights broke out between supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and locals angered when they tried to block major thoroughfares crossing the River Nile. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX11NYQ

What Next for Muslim Brotherhood?

Bassem Sabry

The Egyptian flag is seen at the Supreme Constitutional Court during the swearing in ceremony of the head of the court Adli Mansour as the nation's interim president in Cairo July 4, 2013. Egypt's prosecutor ordered the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader on Thursday, widening a crackdown against the Islamist movement after the army ousted the country's first democratically elected president Mursi. But Adli Mansour used his inauguration to hold out an olive branch to the Brotherhood. REUTERS/ Amr Abda

First Look at Egypt's Constitutional Declaration

Bassem Sabry

A boy with his face painted in the colours of Egypt's national flag attends a rally held by anti-Mursi protesters at Tahrir square in Cairo July 4, 2013. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX11CR8

How Morsi, Brotherhood Lost Egypt

Bassem Sabry

Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi kneel on an Egyptian flag during evening prayer at a protest against Mursi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood in front of the El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo July 1, 2013. Egypt's armed forces handed Mursi a virtual ultimatum to share power on Monday, giving feuding politicians 48 hours to compromise or have the army impose its own road map for the country. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX119H3

Can Morsi, Brotherhood Survive?

Bassem Sabry

A protester opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi throws Molotov cocktails at the national headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo's Moqattam district June 30, 2013. Millions of Egyptians flooded into the streets on the first anniversary of Islamist President Mursi's inauguration on Sunday to demand that he resign in the biggest challenge so far to rule by his Muslim Brotherhood. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX117RC

What's Next for Egypt?

Bassem Sabry

People crowd around a petrol station during a fuel shortage in Cairo June 26, 2013. President Mohamed Mursi will speak to the Egyptian people on Wednesday in a televised address that could determine his political survival as millions prepare to rally to demand his removal this weekend. Fears of a showdown in the streets between Mursi's Islamist supporters and a broad coalition of the disaffected have led people to stock up on food and buy up fuel supplies. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLIT

Can June 30 End Well for Egypt?

Bassem Sabry

Traders react at the Egyptian Exchange in Cairo April 1, 2013. Selling pressure from foreign investors dragged Egypt's bourse down to a near 16-week low on Sunday as the country's economic situation worsens, while Gulf markets were mixed. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: BUSINESS) - RTXY4ML

Only Politics Can Save Egypt's Economy

Bassem Sabry

Intellectuals and artists, who are anti-Mursi protestors, carry pictures of some of the popular Egyptian artists and writers stand in front of the Ministry of Culture to demonstrate against what they claimed are increasing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood over the Ministry of Culture, in Cairo June 9, 2013. Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi increased the influence of his Muslim Brotherhood over government in a cabinet reshuffle in May that replaced two ministers involved in crucial talks with the IMF over

Will Egypt Have Its Second Revolution on June 30?

Bassem Sabry

An anti-government protester, who is covered with an Egyptian flag, and has a model depicting a tank, holds a picture of former Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser while lying down on the ground in Tahrir square during a demonstration in Cairo May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZQNK

The Seven Draft Laws Defining Egypt Right Now

Bassem Sabry

Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi (C) stands after laying a wreath during his visit to the tomb of former President Anwar al-Sadat and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the commemoration of Sinai Liberation Day in Cairo April 24, 2013. Saluting next to Mursi are Egypt's Defence Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) and General Sedki Sobhi (R), chief of staff to Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). Sinai Liberation Day is marked annually on April 25. REUTERS/Egyptian Presidency/Handout (EGYPT

Why Only Democracy Can Save Egypt

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An anti-Mursi demonstrator holds pans reading, "Mubarak - Mursi" during a protest near the High Court in Cairo March 29, 2013. Anti-Mursi demonstrators marched the streets of downtown Cairo, protesting orders taken by prosecutor general, Talaat Ibrahim, to arrest five activists last week, a step the opposition decried as a reversal for democracy. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXY287

The Future of Egypt's Opposition

Bassem Sabry

Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi (L) shakes hand with Egypt's Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky during the visit of Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Raheem al-Keeb, who is leading a Libyan delegation of government ministers, at the presidential palace in Cairo, August 6, 2012. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR36A2J

Eight Questions on 'Purging' Of Egypt's Judiciary

Bassem Sabry