Obama intimidated by Mubarak?
“…Egypt’s elections, they said, are “worrying”; they “give cause for concern.” Officials were “dismayed” by “reports of election day interference and intimidation by security forces.” But “the United...
View ArticleWhy Egyptians Should Insist that Citizen Mubarak Stay
by Mohammed Fadel, Palestine Note, February 2, 2011 Following a week of unprecedented anti-regime demonstrations that culminated in the “million-person” march, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s president for the...
View ArticleEgypt’s Jon Stewart
Last week, thanks to Zeinobia, I discovered Bassem Youssef, a 37-year-old heart surgeon turned internet phenomenon and would-be scourge of all sycophants and fabricators on Egyptian TV. The segments on...
View Article"The Dispensable Nation"
” … Beyond public opinion, the region’s major strategic actors — the Islamic Republic of Iran, of course, but also post-Saddam Iraq, Turkey, post-Mubarak Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Israel — are...
View ArticleOne to Go
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Tunisia), Ali Abdullah Saleh (Yemen), Muammar Qadhafi (Libya), Hosni Mubarak (Egypt); from: VOA report on Afro-Arab summit, October 10, 2010, Sirte, Libya. Go to Source
View ArticleLinks 17-26 July 2011
Chart of the Day: Muslim Brotherhood Is Deeply Unpopular in Egypt – Max Fisher – International – The Atlantic Will comment on this later. Don’t Let the Egyptian Army Follow Caesar’s Script: Noah...
View ArticleTahrir turning points
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Al-Shaab Yureed Tatbiq Shari’a Allah! The people want to implement God’s Sharia! That chant rang through my ears as I struggled through a...
View Article"Two scenarios for a post-Assad Syria which would be bad for Iran …"
“… Second, while most Iranian policymakers and foreign policy elites would almost certainly prefer to see Assad remain in office, it is wrong to assume that Tehran has no options or is even a net...
View Article"The Deal" between the Egyptian military & the Brotherhood
I hate to agree (sigh) with Rick Santorum on this: Santorum on NBC’s”Meet the Press”: Santorum: “The Muslim Brotherhood are Islamists. The Muslim Brotherhood are going to impose Sharia law.” Gregory:...
View ArticleLinks 6-8 January 2011
The Brewing Battle Over Egypt’s Constitution | Atlantic Council Egyptian women cane morality police ElBaradei unveils own crisis plan for Egypt’s economy | Al-Masry Al-Youm Pretty good plan to start...
View ArticleNew Book: The Journey to Tahrir
A new collection of articles about Egypt that appeared in Middle East Report in the last decade or so is now out. It’s edited by Chris Toensing and Jeannie Sowers, and includes a piece by me as well as...
View ArticleMubarak Egypt trial verdict to be aired live: MENA
Egyptian state television will broadcast live the verdict and sentencing on Saturday of ex-president Hosni Mubarak, his sons and security chiefs in a murder and corruption trial, official media...
View ArticleUS role in post-Mubarak Egypt still unclear
Having pressed the new Egyptian president, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday sought to mobilize what influence the United States still has with the army chief whose key role in...
View ArticleClinton urges post-Mubarak Egypt to commit to ‘strong, durable democracy …–...
Sydney Morning Herald Clinton urges post-Mubarak Egypt to commit to 'strong, durable democracy …Washington PostCAIRO — US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday urged Egypt to commit to “a...
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