Hany Ghoraba

About Hany Ghoraba


Freelance Journalist and Egyptian Businessman. Egyptian nationalist with Libertarian capitalist views. Middle East and world news analyst.

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There is no business like God business: Islamist exploitations

Over two thousand years ago the great Greek historian Herodotus described Egypt in his memoirs as follows: “Concerning Egypt itself, I shall extend my remarks to a great length,

A blast from the past: Egyptian Leftists dilemma

35 year old man who spent his entire life in a bomb shelter because his father mistakenly believed that the country was being bombarded by nuclear weapons by the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

And then there were none: Egyptian Liberals in peril

Legendary crime novelist Agatha Christie’s bestselling mystery novel of all time title, maybe suitable to describe the current Egyptian liberals’ dilemma post Egyptian Revolution. It will not take a genius to discover that the Post-Revolution Egyptian liberals are currently in dire straits politically after the first parliamentary elections.

Dark Comedy of Egyptian Presidential Race

It’s been believed by some analysts that the current Republican race for the Presidential candidate in 2012 is quite filled with satire and jokes due to the candidates inability to attract the masses or provide any viable solutions for the current American economic crisis or provide a vision for America’s future.

Egypt: The Wild Wild East

The increase in incidents of violence tarnish the image of Egypt as a peaceful and safe country. It's about time authorities and people together work for making Egypt stable once again.

75 killed in Portsaid, Egypt Football Disaster

Over 75 football fans killed and over 1300 others injured in the worst football riots in recent history that took place in Portsaid Stadium, Egypt. Egypt declared an official 3 day state of mourning.

January 25 (2011-12): Year in life of Egyptian Revolution

Today the 25th of January 2012 marks the first anniversary of glorious revolution. The revolution which took the world by storm and achieving an unprecedented global enthusiasm and attention due to its peaceful nature.

African Cup of Nations 2012: A championship without the champions!

The Africa Cup of Nations (CAF), will miss five former champions this year as Egypt along with Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon and Algeria won't participate

Seven Deadly Sins of SCAF

Despite the highly praised performance of the Egyptian army in the 18 days of the revolution, the Supreme Council of Armed forces (SCAF) have managed to commit some of the worst mistakes that can be made in a post-revolution transitional period. Some even would go as far to believe that even Egypt’s worst enemies couldn’t have done worse to the country during the transitional period if they were in charge.

End of peaceful nature of the Egyptian revolution?

Unfortunately, the Egyptian revolution which has been a beacon for the liberty of the oppressed nations in the 21st century and fighting tyranny by peaceful means has now slipped into a dark abyss of violence from the authorities and counter violence.