Added on 12/05/2013
Tabsir
Asia , Egypt , Houthis , Islamic states , Khat , Member states of the Arab League , Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Member states of the United Nations , Middle East , Saudi Arabia , Thomas Friedman , Western Asia , Yemen

DANIEL M. VARISCO: I felt the ghost of Mark Twain speaking to me as I read about Tom Friedman’s latest adventures in Yemen.
Added on 02/05/2013
Common Ground News Service
Bassem Victor , Christian , Christianity in Egypt , Coptic , Coptic Orthodox Church , Copts , Egypt , Egyptian people , Egyptians , Ethnic groups in Egypt , Ethnic groups in the Middle East , Marwa Nasser , Middle East , Mohamed Tolba , Muslim , North Africa , Religion/Belief , Salafi , Salafyo Costa , Sophie Anmuth

SOPHIE ANMUTH, MARWA NASSER, CGNEWS: Religious prejudice has real consequences as has been seen recently in Egypt. One group confronts it head on
Added on 30/04/2013
Juan Cole
Amr Moussa , Arab world , Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Hosni Mubarak , Islam in Egypt , Muhammad Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics of Egypt

JUAN COLE: The Muslim Brotherhood’s history with the Egyptian judiciary is defining how they are working, or not, with them today.
Added on 24/04/2013
Common Ground News Service
Arab world , Business/Finance , Cairo , Cairo University , EFE-Egypt , Egypt , Electronic commerce , Labor , Middle East , North Africa , Politics of Egypt , Protests in Egypt , Shahinaz Ahmed , Souq.com , Western Asia

MOHAMED EL SAYED, CGNEWS: The natural entrepreneurial spirit of many young Egyptians is being fashioned and directed in novel ways.
Added on 14/04/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian intelligence , Gaza , Gaza Strip , Hamas , Hosni Mubarak , Islam and antisemitism , Islamic fundamentalism , Israel , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Palestinian nationalism , Palestinian Territories , Politics , Sinai

RAMZY BAROUD: It seemed unthinkable a Muslim Brotherhood government could impose worse conditions on Gaza than Mubarak.
Added on 09/04/2013
Rachel McArthur
Amr Diab , Dubai , Egypt , Music , UAE

Amr Diab needs no introduction. The Egyptian superstar is popular across the globe — he has fans everywhere from the GCC to Europe, the United States and Australia.
RACHEL MCARTHUR: Amr Diab needs no introduction. The Egyptian superstar has fans everywhere from the GCC to Europe, the United States and Australia.
Added on 09/04/2013
Francis Matthew
Arab nationalism , Arab socialism , Egypt , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Islamism , Pan-Arabism , Politics

The Arab world is suffering from a lack of secular inspiration. There are plenty of leaders who find their political language in religion, but no secular leader or thinker is inspiring the crowds all over the Middle East as happened a generation ago.
FRANCIS MATTHEW: The Arab world is suffering from a lack of secular inspiration: No secular leader or thinker is inspiring the crowds.
Added on 08/04/2013
Rachel McArthur
Bassem Youssef , Egypt , Entertainment , Entertainment/Culture , Facebook , Mohamed Salem , Stand-up comedy

Look out for Mohamed Salem, because chances are you’re going to hear a lot more about him in the coming year. One of the first stand-up comedians to emerge from Egypt, the 30-year-old Alexandria native has caught the attention of social network users thanks to his show Moga Stand-up, not to mention a few celebrity fans (word has it Egyptian actresses Basma and Donia Sameer Ghanem are just two of the big names who have attended his gigs in the past).
RACHEL MCARTHUR: Look out for Mohamed Salem, because chances are you’re going to hear a lot more about him in the coming year.
Added on 20/03/2013
Common Ground News Service
Arab Spring , Coptics , Egypt , Mubarak , TV chef

MOUSTAFA ABDELHALIM, CGNEWS: She comes from a modest background, celebrates local cooking and has had a massive impact throughout Egypt
Added on 19/03/2013
James M. Dorsey
Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Habib El-Adly , Hosni Mubarak , Mohammed Morsi , Port Said , Syria , War/Conflict

JAMES M DORSEY: There appears to be a concerted plan by the Egyptian judiciary and security forces to confront militant football fans. It may, though, backfire.
Added on 15/03/2013
Juan Cole
Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Islam , Islam in Egypt , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics of Egypt , Religion , Religion/Belief , Sharia , Social Issues , Vladimir Putin

The selection of the new pope was carried out by a conclave of elderly men, and the only candidates were men. The new pope is a staunch social conservative who opposes women’s ordination as priests and women’s right to control their own bodies and limit family size, key issues for women’s health and well-being. It is no wonder that the church hierarchy is so tone deaf on women’s issues, since its highest counsels are all-male.
JUAN COLE: Patriarchal religion takes a remarkably similar view of the position of women in society.
Added on 10/03/2013
Common Ground News Service
Arab world , Asia , Copts , Egypt , Egyptian people , Egyptian revolution , Egyptians , Ethnic groups in Egypt , Ethnic groups in the Middle East , Fertile Crescent , Mai Mustafa , Media Association for Peace , Middle East , Politics of Egypt , Protests in Egypt , Vanessa Bassil

VANESSA BASSIL, CGNEWS: Young Egyptian aren’t waiting for ‘top down’ change. They’re taking matters to improve their lives into their own hands
Added on 04/03/2013
James M. Dorsey
Ahmed Ali , Al Masri , Cairo , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Morsi , Politics , Port Said , Soccer , Suez Canal , SUEZ S.A.

JAMES M. DORSEY: As we approach the date when the key findings regarding the Port Said soccer brawl are revealed tension is rising.
Added on 18/02/2013
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Cairo , Egypt

ELISABETH JAQUETTE, ARABLIT: Samia Mehrez has brought together a variety of writers’ views of Cairo over the past century.
Added on 17/02/2013
Common Ground News Service
Egypt , Middle East

MOHAMED EL SAYED, CGNEWS: The temptation to resort to violence to conduct political discourse needs to stop in Egypt
Added on 30/01/2013
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Arab Spring , Cairo Governorate , Egypt , Graphic Novels , Mubarak

ELISABETH JAQUETTE, ARABLIT: The re-publication of an infamous work could portend the arrival of a ‘golden age’ in Arabic graphic novels
Added on 30/01/2013
James M. Dorsey
Anti-Arabism , Arcadi Gaydamak , Asia , Association football , Beitar Jerusalem F.C. , Egypt , Israel , Israeli Football Association , Israeli Jews , Israeli–Palestinian conflict , Jerusalem , Mali , Middle East , Mitterrand–Pasqua affair , Mohammed Morsi , player , Racism in association football , Religion and politics , Social Issues , Sports , United States

JAMES DORSEY: Whether it’s Israeli football teams or Egyptian presidents accusations of racism are running rife throughout the region.
Added on 27/01/2013
James M. Dorsey
Africa , Al Ahli , Al Masri , Arab world , Cairo , Cairo court , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Middle East , Morsi , Politics , Port Said , Port Said Stadium disaster

JAMES DORSEY: The belief among many people in Port Said is that its fans, team and city have been ‘thrown to the wolves’.
Added on 17/01/2013
Common Ground News Service
Arab world , Egypt , Egyptian people , Egyptians , Middle East , North Africa , Politics , USD

MOUSTAFA MENSHAWY, CGNEWS: You can find dozens of reasons to despair at the state of Egypt but if you look hard enough there are reasons to be cheerful
Added on 12/01/2013
Common Ground News Service
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Egypt , Energy , Israel , Michigan , New York city , Northern Ireland , Northern Virginia , Palestine , Palestinian Territories , presiding judge , Rabbi , Sharia court , South Africa , Texas , United States , Washington DC
KADI ZAHALKA, RABBI DR RON KRONISH: The so-called political peace process has been going nowhere for a long time. There is an alternative