About The Author

Anne Merritt

Anne Merritt has lived in Canada, Europe, and Asia. She teaches ESL, writes, haggles, hikes, and wears sunscreen fanatically. Her work has appeared in The Globe and Mail, GoOverseas.com, and The Compass. Check out her blog.

Activism + Politics →

Express your rejection of military trials for civilians and military oppression in Egypt.

Climbing →

Dude climbs the outside of a building. 13 storeys. No rope. Carrying an Egyptian flag.

World Events →

With all the talk of military juntas, Nick Rowlands reckons people are starting to forget...

Human Rights →

Pictures of the first 8 days of the 2011 Egyptian uprising.

 

You really should read this to get a ground level perspective by someone very much in the...

World Events →

If you don't have any background context, how are you supposed to understand what's going...

 

Clear-cut or ambiguous as ever? You decide.

Narrative →

"Yea we’re armed. We have swords, everyone in the street with knives and swords. It’s...

World Events →

Our Cairo expert, Nick Rowlands, opens up his Twitter lists to tell us who we can follow...