He writes among others for Inter Press Service ((IPS) on a freelance basis with co-writer Khaled Moussa al-Omrani, an Egyptian journalist who has covered domestic and regional politics and economics since 1998, when he began working for Egyptian state daily Al-Gomhouriya. Both are also currently collaborating on a book about Egypt’s 2011 Tahrir Square uprising and its aftermath. (This article has been commissioned by Global Cooperation Council. This article was provided by IDN-InDepthNews – www.indepthnews.info.)