Recently Egypt Monocle had a few technical issues related to hosting and security that needed fixing. For that we turned to a well known company in Web Development and design, El Motaheda Web. El Motaheda was able to fix and secure our web site and help us with the hosting. Se we thought why not ask Ehab Heikal who is its CEO for more information about the Web Design industry in Egypt. Q-Is Egypt as advanced as the rest of the world when it comes to web design and development? A-Well in my opinion Egypt has a lot of good developers,…

BY NAEL M. SHAMA Cairo – The military funeral of 25 policemen who were massacred in cold blood in Sinai last month was intensely touching. The slow, dignified procession, the sad funeral dirge, the anguish of the mothers of the fallen and the tears of mourners exuded an overwhelming sense of grief. Funerals are always poignant and gloomy. They remind us of the brevity of life, the inevitability of death and the fragility of our souls. Some funerals also help us capture the immense capacity of the living to inflict injustice and death. Men are all equal in death, differences…

BY DEENA DOUARA Cairo – I think, perhaps, amid all the emotion, one can make a calculated decision on where to stand on the violence in Egypt. I understand both arguments. Security forces are massacring mostly peaceful demonstrators with impunity, ushering in the type of force we sought to overthrow in 2011, the type of brutality we despised for years, that made martyrs of young faces now rendered across Tahrir Square. Or, Morsi supporters are being dealt with after firing first, attacking police stations and churches, threatening to “burn” Egypt. They are terrorists seeking to rip apart — both literally…