Added on 28/05/2012
Ramzy Baroud
Al Ahram Weekly , Algeria , Arab Spring , Bahrain , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Greece , Hosni Mubarak , Lebanon , National Public Radio , Palestinian Territories , political solution , Port Said , President , Syria , Tahrir Square , Yemen , Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
RAMZY BAROUD: Euphoria has given way to hard truth throughout the Arab world. It’s difficult to generalise but there are certain commonalities
Added on 30/04/2012
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Al Ahram , Al Ahram Weekly , Cairo , Egypt , Farouk , Gamal al-Ghitani , Literature , Naguib Mahfouz , Novelist , Paris , Tawfiq al-Hakim
M. LYNX-QUALEY: It may be Cairo’s oldest book market but heritage is no protector from increasing development
Added on 15/02/2012
Common Ground News Service
Al Ahram Weekly , America , Brazil , Cairo , Democracy , Egypt , Freedom and Justice Party , Germany , India , Japan , Journalist , Mohamed el Sayed , Muslim Brotherhood , Oil , Singapore , South Korea , Suez , Suez Canal , the Al Ahram Weekly , Turkey , United States , Washington
MOHAMED EL-SAYED, CGNEWS: A very unlikely relationship indeed is beginning to take shape.
Added on 20/12/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Adel Emara , Al Ahram Weekly , Asmaa Mahfouz , Boyd Tonkin , Cairo , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Facebook , Gaber Asfour , Ibrahim Abdel Meguid , Literature , Mohamed Mansi Qandil , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Tahrir Square , Tanta
M.LYNX-QUALEY: At a press conference today, award-winning author Mohamed Hashem was the target of accusations by the SCAF’s General Adel Emara.
Added on 07/12/2011
Common Ground News Service
Al Ahram Weekly , Army , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Food and Drink , Journalist , Manufacturing , Mohamed el Sayed , Mubarak , Salafist Al Nour party , Tahrir Square , the Al Ahram Weekly
MOHAMED EL SAYED, CGNEWS: The huge turnout showed that Egyptians are hungry for democracy. Whoever comes to power, though, has three ‘top priority’ issues to address.
Added on 24/06/2011
Ramzy Baroud
Africa , Al Ahram Weekly , Civil society , Democracy , Egypt , Justice and Development Party (AKP) , Libya , Middle East , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Prime Minister , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Turkey , Turkey’s military , Turkish military
RAMZY BAROUD: It has endured some punishing attacks but the democratic experience in Turkey is presented as a model for the region to follow. How useful is it, however?
Added on 21/04/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Al Ahram Weekly , Alexandria , Arabian Gulf , AUC Press , Bahaa Taher , Bahrain , Beirut , Cairo , Catherine Cobham , Christina Phillips , Columbia University , Denys Johnson-Davies , Editor-in-Chief , Edward Said , Egypt , Elias Khoury , Emile Habibi , Gamal al-Ghitani , Ghassan Kanafani , Google+ , Haifa , Hanan al-Shaykh , Hassan Nasrallah , Humphrey Davies , Ibrahim Abdel Meguid , Ibrahim al-Koni , Ibrahim Aslan , Ibrahim Jabra , Indiana University , Iraq , Islah party , Italy , Khairy Shalaby , Kuwait , Literature , Minister of Information , Morocco , Mourid Barghouti , Naguib Mahfouz , Novelist , Paris , Peter Theroux , Qatar , Radwa Ashour , Rashad Abu Shawar , Salwa Bakr , Samia Mehrez , Shakir Mustafa , Syracuse University , Syria , Tawfiq al-Hakim , United Kingdom , William Hutchins , Yemen Times , Yusuf Idris
M. LYNX-QUALEY: The Arab Writers Union has listed the Top 100 Arabic novels. Puzzling, annoying, lists such as this are nevertheless fun.
Added on 02/04/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Al Ahram Weekly , Alaa al-Aswany , Daily News Egypt , Democracy , Egypt , Egyptian Book Organization , Ibrahim al-Koni , Ibrahim Farghali , Latin America , Libya , Literature , Mubarak , Novelist , The National , The Washington Post
M. LYNX-QUALEY: With many of the ‘red lines’ now swept away novelists throughout the Arab world are free to touch on subjects hitherto out of bounds.
Added on 28/02/2011
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Al Ahram Weekly , Al Masry Al Youm , Cairo University , Censorship , Democracy , Egypt , Khaled al-Berry , London , Novelist
M. LYNX-QUALEY: Victory was met with hopes that red lines had been blown away and a new era of artistic freedoms had begun. But the red lines may take a bit more rolling.
Added on 29/11/2010
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Al Ahram , Al Ahram Weekly , Egypt , Egyptian government , Literature , Mary Mourad , Online media
M. LYNX-QUALEY: The Arab world’s highest circulating daily newspaper goes live with a beta version of its new English portal. There’s a strong focus on ‘the intellectual arena’.
