Women were braver than a hundred men

Shemali has published have feature by Anne Alexander and Farah Koubaissy on Egyptian women and the new strike movement. The article was originally published in Socialist Review.

Compromise

Arab governments have come up with a plan they say will end the political standoff over the next president.

This involves formalising the crisis in a new cabinet in which no one will have the veto, or the ability to put forward proposals. All decisions would in effect be taken by army chief Michel Suleiman.