Yasser El Shimy Former analyst of the International Crisis Group (Egypt). Now dedicated to writing a thesis. Egypt’s Quest for Itself Peter Harling, Yasser El Shimy · January 2014 Egypt’s transition is as contradictory and tempestuous as the current state of its society, and tells us much about it. What is still lacking is a sense of direction that could reassure both Egyptians and onlookers on where it is heading. Instead, a whirlwind of reversals, about-faces, and false (…)