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23 January 2012

Egypt’s conservative revolution

As parliament sits for its inaugural session, how religious is the new Egyptian democracy?

By Nelson Jones

Almost exactly a year after the first anti-Mubarak demonstrators moved into Tahrir Square, and after the free-est and fairest elections in the country’s history, members of the newly elected Egyptian parliament have been taking their seats. So what does democracy, Egyptian-style, look like?

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