Author Archives: Sarah Hawas

About Sarah Hawas

Sarah Hawas is an Egyptian translator, researcher and writer based in Cairo since 2006.

Please bear witness to the unceasing violence against unarmed Egyptian revolutionaries

Disturbing video of army terrorizing demonstrators in Cairo should be seen around the world

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Dispatch from Tahrir: The Egyptian revolution continues

Large protests were met by intense government attacks in Tahrir Square over the weekend in a scene described as “open-air mayhem.”

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In Cairo, the SCAF consecrates sectarian bloodshed

I enjoyed reading Philip Weiss’s personal account of how he came to mark Yom Kippur in Cairo. Ahead of a day in which a mass anti-sectarian march was planned, it instinctively felt like a nice rejoinder to the spirit of … Continue reading

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Translating revolution between J14 and the Israeli embassy in Cairo

“Whatever singularity, which wants to appropriate belonging itself, its own being-in-language, and thus rejects all identity and every condition of belonging, is the principal enemy of the State. Wherever these singularities peacefully demonstrate their being in common there will be … Continue reading

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In Search of Meaning: Osama Bin Laden and the dancing Americans

I heard about Osama Bin Laden’s death through a friend this morning. I dismissed the matter entirely and thought little of it at first: Bin Laden was old news, an alibi with no currency, a bad joke. Chances are, he … Continue reading

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Egyptians and the tyranny of liberal discourse

The ongoing Egyptian revolution has shaken the world’s populations to the core, yet popular Israeli opinion appears unmoved, if not outright contemptuous of the possibilities presented by our struggle. This is both tedious and unsurprising. It is most disturbing, however, … Continue reading

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The Egyptian uprising is united in one goal – Remove the Mubarak regime

9th February, Downtown Cairo It’s not Facebook, or Twitter, or the Muslim Brotherhood, or the middle class, or Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, the CIA, Mossad, Saudi, the PA, Timbuktu OR the illuminati! Read the signs – aren’t there enough? This uprising … Continue reading

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