Photo Gallery Cairo's Consoler-in-Chief
Three years after the revolution, anger, frustration and fear are prevailing in Egypt. Pictured here is a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood during a clash with police in August.
El-Mahdi's job is to bring people back to the center of society. He argues that the process of conciliation must be initiated by both sides.
A man holds a poster of Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the tomb of the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in October. The military has for the most part stayed away from daily politics, but that could change now.
Al-Sisi, pictured here, is expected to run for president. Three years after the popular revolution, an ex-general may once again lead the country. Few are speaking out against it, either.
One person still willing is novelist Masura Eseddin. She says there are "symptoms of madness" in Egyptian society. Earlier this month, Egyptian prosecutors began probing an ad by mobile phone service provider Vodafone which features a Muppet-like character. Critics claim it contains coded messages calling for terrorist attacks. "Can you imagine?" Eseddin asks. "Have we all gone completely insane?"
