If that many were demonstrating, who was driving the trains, buses, underground, operating the airports, manning the police and army, the factories, and hotels?

The 2011 Revolution showed how mature Egyptians were, even after dictatorships

Sisi realises Egypt’s relations with Israel are far more important than any coup

The hospital next to the Rabaa mosque was filled with the blood of 37 corpses, the doctors using two weeks' worth of medical supplies in two hours

Hundreds of thousands support the coup – just as many do not. And the future for Egypt is looking increasingly bloody. Robert Fisk reports from Cairo

Robert Fisk shares a coffee with the Egyptian author, who explains why he trusts General al-Sissi more than he ever did the ousted leader

Many see the Brotherhood’s defeat as the beginning of the end of the Islamist ideology

When Mubarak fell the country was bright  with optimism. Now life is cheap and the future brings only fear

The Israelis will continue to maintain contact with the Hezballah ‘militant staff’ whenever they want a body swap

Now we arrive in the Middle East as smiling supplicants, blessing any “people’s change” (unless it is any monarchical autocracy of the Gulf)