Current Analysis Strikes in Egypt Spread from Center of Gravity The longest and strongest wave of worker protest since the end of World War II is rolling through Egypt. In March, the liberal daily al-Masri al-Yawm estimated that no fewer than 222 sit-in strikes, work stoppages, hunger strikes and demonstrations had occurred during 2006. In the first five months Joel Beinin, Hossam El-Hamalawy • 12 min read
Current Analysis Egyptian Textile Workers Confront the New Economic Order For the last ten years Muhammad ‘Attar, 36, has worked in the finishing department at the gigantic Misr Spinning and Weaving Company complex at Mahalla al-Kubra in the middle of the Nile Delta. He takes home a basic wage of about $30. With profit sharing and incentives, his net pay is about $75 a mo Joel Beinin, Hossam El-Hamalawy • 17 min read
MER Article Comrades and Brothers Emad Mubarak is a busy man. Director of the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression, and a lawyer with the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, the leftist Mubarak cannot hold a meeting without being interrupted by the ring of his cell phone. The calls these days come from student members of the Mus Hossam El-Hamalawy • 12 min read
