MERIP notes with deep sadness the passing of Ahmed Abdalla Rozza on June 6, 2006, at age 56. A former Egyptian student leader, Abdalla was an independent scholar and activist who wrote frequently on Egyptian politics and sociology, authoring several articles for this magazine in the 1990s. He was a tireless advocate for Egypt’s lower classes, a widely respected analyst and a good friend to many progressive scholars of Egypt in the US, Europe and Japan.