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Comment: The sacking of the head of the Central Auditing Authority is rooted in politics: a systematic crackdown on any form of accountability, argues Mohamed ElMeshad

Comment: 'Dr.' Taqfiq Okasha is one of Egypt's best known television personalities, whose inebriating career has seen many colourful, crude and controversial acts, says Mohamed ElMeshad

Comment: Police violence is again mounting, and, in echoes of 2011, local neighbourhoods are improvising resistance methods, writes Mohamed ElMeshad.

Comment: The closure of the Nadeem Centre is a blow for human rights activists, representing yet another attempt to erase the last lines of civil defence, warns Mohamed ElMashad.

Comment: A state-sponsored initiative is looking to promote 'social values', all while Cairo maintains an institutionalised repression that may have contributed to deteriorating societal norms, argues Mohamed ElMeshad.

Comment: Making concessions to protesting football fans shows President Sisi's weakness, writes Mohamed ElMeshad.

Comment: Egypt's January 25 Revolution contains a spirit that still endures. Counter-revolutionary state apparatuses clearly fear this spirit, and are attempting to erase its memory.

Comment: Selling off the world's largest company would raise plenty of cash, but sever Riyadh's link between oil and geopolitics, writes Mohamed ElMeshad.

Comment: A vicious crackdown on popular art spaces in Egypt days before the anniversary of the 25 January Revolution reaffirms the role of art as resistance, writes Mohamed ElMashad.

Comment: Political Islam has been influenced by ideologies and historical moments that go beyond the simplistic Islamophobic assumptions, writes Mohamed elMeshad.