Nervana Mahmoud

Nervana Mahmoud is a blogger and writer on Middle East issues. On Twitter: @Nervana_1

Egypt | Nov 4, 2013

Three reasons for the Egypt-Russia rapprochement

The warming in Egypt-Russia ties is linked to the ups and downs in the US-Egypt relationship.

Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser (1918 - 1970) takes his guest, Soviet premier Nikita S. Khrushchev (1894 - 1971) on a tour of the ancient Temple of Luxor, following a visit to the Aswan Dam, 21st May 1964. Accompanying them are President Ahmed Ben Bella of Algeria (left) and President Abdul Salam Arif (1921 - 1966) of Iraq. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Egypt | Oct 10, 2013

4 Reasons Why US Shouldn't Reduce Aid to Egypt

The recent decision by the US to withhold a major arms shipment to Egypt will have no impact on Egypt’s democratic transition.

Military helicopters are seen flying over while people gather at Tahrir Square to celebrate the anniversary of an attack on Israeli forces during the 1973 war, in Cairo October 6, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY MILITARY) - RTR3FNYZ

Egypt | Sep 3, 2013

Egypt Debates US Strike on Syria

Anti-Americanism has clouded perceptions in what is now the post-realist phase of the Egyptian revolution.

Protesters chant slogans in Al-Azhar mosque during a pro-free Syria and pro-Palestine demonstration after Friday noon prayer at the mosque in Cairo May 10, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: RELIGION CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZHL2

Egypt | Jul 22, 2013

Women at Forefront Of Egypt’s Revolutionary Wave

The role of women in Egypt’s transition will be a barometer of progress and democratic change.

Protesters, who are against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, react in Tahrir Square in Cairo July 3, 2013. The head of Egypt's armed forces General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a declaration on Wednesday suspending the constitution and appointing the head of the constitutional court as interim head of state, effectively declared the removal of elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX11BNS

Egypt | Jul 10, 2013

Turkey Has Role to Play in Egypt

Turkey could be well-positioned to assist Egypt’s democratic transition, if it can shift its role from partisan to mediator.

A boy balances a poster of Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi on his bicycle during a pro-Islamist demonstration in Istanbul July 1, 2013. Pro-Islamist groups held a demonstration in Istanbul in support of Mursi on Tuesday. Egypt's armed forces handed Islamist President Mohamed 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. The slogan on the poster reads, " We will not let you victimise him". REUTER

Egypt | Jun 24, 2013

Morsi Condemnation Of Lynchings Not Enough

President Mohammed Morsi should embrace Egypt’s Shiite heritage and end for good the Muslim Brotherhood’s sectarianism.

Egyptians carry the coffin of a Shi'ite victim, who was killed in sectarian violence, after funeral prayers in El Sayeda Nafisa Mosque in Cairo, June 24, 2013. Egypt's president, accused of fuelling sectarian hatred, promised swift justice on Monday for a deadly attack on minority Shi'ites as he tried to quell broader factional fighting to avoid a threatened military intervention. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) - RTX10ZDY

Egypt | May 27, 2013

Egypt Needs Security Strategy For Sinai

The Sinai has exposed the fallacies of the piecemeal approach to the Arab–Israeli conflict.

Soldiers who were kidnapped last week sit before a news conference by President Mohamed Mursi after their release, in Cairo, May 22, 2013. Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and Mursi announced a new crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZWM1

Lebanon | May 15, 2013

Rise of Radical Jihadists Setback for Syria

US military intervention would not have prevented, and will not prevent, radical jihadism in Syria.

Egypt | May 9, 2013

Egypt’s New Cabinet: More of the Same

Nervana Mahmoud writes that the new cabinet announced by President Mohammed Morsi offers little prospect for progress or change.

Policemen stand guard near a poster outside the constitutional court put up by supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi as they stage a sit-in, in Cairo December 23, 2012. Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will have little time to savour victory in pushing through a new constitution as it may have cost the Islamist leader broader support for urgent austerity measures needed to fix the creaking economy. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (EGYPT) - RTR3BUY2

Egypt | Feb 25, 2013

The Military Cannot Save Egypt

Nervana Mahmoud weighs speculation about a military intervention in Egyptian politics.

Nervana Mahmoud

Three reasons for the Egypt-Russia rapprochement

4 Reasons Why US Shouldn't Reduce Aid to Egypt

Egypt Debates US Strike on Syria

Women at Forefront Of Egypt’s Revolutionary Wave

Turkey Has Role to Play in Egypt

Morsi Condemnation Of Lynchings Not Enough

Egypt Needs Security Strategy For Sinai

Rise of Radical Jihadists Setback for Syria

Egypt’s New Cabinet: More of the Same

The Military Cannot Save Egypt

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