Ahmad Shokr

Bio:

Ahmad Shokr is a doctoral candidate in Middle East history at New York University and an editor at Egypt Independent.

Articles by this Author


The 18 Days of Tahrir	On January 26 Tahrir Square was under occupation. Hundreds of riot police bearing shields and batons formed cordons along the perimeter to prevent anyone suspected of being a demonstrator from approaching. Traffic was light, an unusual scene for...	MER258
Why the Anti-Mursi Protesters Are Right	Perusing US media coverage and analysis of the crisis in Egypt over the last two weeks has been quite disappointing. As the protests against the elected president Muhammad Mursi escalate, the main players in the struggle and the stakes involved...
Reflections on Two Revolutions	Interpreting a revolutionary event is a contentious undertaking. Why it began, how it unfolded, to whom its legacy belongs -- these are questions of enduring debate. The mass protests in Egypt that deposed Husni Mubarak and continued for months...	MER265