Added on 06/01/2013
James M. Dorsey
Al Masri , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Cairo , Eduardo P. Archetti , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian Football Association , Football , Hosni Mubarak , Media organizations , Mohammed Morsi , Mohammed Morsi Government , Mubarak government , Muslim Brotherhood , Port Said , Port Said stadium , President , Suez , Suez Canal , travel ban , Ultras Ahlawy
JAMES DORSEY: It seems that ‘ultra’ football fans in Egypt are gearing up for greater and fiercer conflict in the months ahead.
Added on 30/12/2012
Juan Cole
Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Aleppo , Algeria , Ali Abdullah Saleh , America , American embassy , Arab Spring , Baath Party in Syria , Bahrain , Bahrain’s government , Binyamin Netanyahu , David Petraeus , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , first prime minister , Gaza , Homs , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Lebanon , Libya , Manama , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama administration , Oil , oil sales , Palestine , President , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , South Africa , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Syria , Tunis , Tunisia , Turkey , U.S. Congress , United States , US government , Washington , Yemen
JUAN COLE: It’s been another extraordinary year across the Middle East. Here is my take on the most significant changes this year
Added on 26/12/2012
Juan Cole
Alexandria , Amr Moussa , Army , Cairo , Constituent Assembly , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Freedom and Justice Party , Iran , Islam , Mohammed Morsi , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , President , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
JUAN COLE: A deeply polarized country must face the reality that Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood cadre have scored an overwhelming victory.
Added on 17/12/2012
Juan Cole
Ahmad Shafiq , Alexandria , Cairo , Constituent Assembly , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Freedom and Justice Party , Iraq , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , President , United States , Wafd Party
JUAN COLE: Some of the figures coming out of the constitutional referendum cause raised eyebrows at the least. But there are deeper problems.
Added on 15/12/2012
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Egypt , Egypt Protests , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Literature , Mona Elnamoury , Tahrir Square
MONA ELNAMOURY, ARABLIT: Fatima Almaadoul, a children’s author, has come up with an interesting way to talk to children about Egypt’s troubled present
Added on 02/12/2012
Juan Cole
Abdullah II , Amman , Arab Spring , Bahrain , Bahrain government , Bashar al-Assad , Constituent Assembly , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Governor , Israel , Jerusalem , Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Palestine , President , Prime Minister , Russia , Sana’a , Senate , South Yemen , Syria , Syrian army , Syrian government , Tahrir Square , Tripoli , Tunis , Tunisia , United Nations , US State Department , Washington , Yemen
JUAN COLE: From Jordan to Tunisia, from civil war to pilfered Palestinian land the Arab world is in a febrile state.
Added on 27/11/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Alexandria , Cairo , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egypt’s Brotherhood , High Court , Mohammed Morsi , Mohammed Mursi , pharaoh , President , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Supreme Judicial Council
CROSSROADS ARABIA: While they could hardly not report on it, I sense a lack of enthusiasm in Saudi media’s reporting on the clash between Egyptian President Morsi and the Egyptian judiciary.
Added on 14/11/2012
Common Ground News Service
Arab Spring , Brookings Institution , Cairo , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu , H.A. Hellyer , Hosni Mubarak , Institute for Social Policy and Understanding , Islam , Muslim Brotherhood , Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Turkey , www.hahellyer.com
H. A. HELLYER, CGNEWS: The opportunity to gain the views of a noted intellectual, academic and political figure on the future of Egypt was not to be missed.
Added on 04/10/2012
James M. Dorsey
Al Ahly , Al Masry , Cairo , Court of Arbitration of Sport , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian Football Association , Facebook , FIFA , Football , Hani Abou-Reida , Hosni Mubarak , Media organizations , Port Said , Soccer
JAMES M. DORSEY: Two leading football executives have withdrawn from election to the Egyptian Football Association. The Ultras have prevailed
Added on 17/09/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Afghanistan , America , Anders Behring Breivik , Bloomberg , Columbia University , East Asia , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Google+ , Iraq , Islam , Libya , Middle East , Norway , South Asia , The New York Times , The Washington Post , United States , US government , US Supreme Court , Yemen
ROB L. WAGNER: The makers of the film have been clear about their intentions in making it – to incite violence. What rights should they have?
Added on 17/09/2012
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Barack Obama , Bashar al-Assad , Cairo , Chris Stevens , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Israel , Libya , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Obama , Palestine , President , Sana’a , Syria , Tunisia , United States , Washington , Yemen , YouTube
JUAN COLE: ‘A collapse in tourism’, ‘improvement in Barack Obama’s election chances’ – two of the the most significant predicted outcomes of the crises enveloping the Middle East
Added on 16/09/2012
James M. Dorsey
Al Ahly , Al Ahram , Al Zamalek , Cairo , Court of Arbitration of Sport , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian Football Association , Facebook , FIFA , Football , Hani Abou-Reida , Hosni Mubarak , National Democratic Party , Port Said , President , Switzerland , UN Court , United States , US embassy in Cairo
JAMES M. DORSEY: The opposing fans of Cairo soccer clubs Al Zamalek and Al Ahly are engaged in a separate but parallel struggle with the authorities
Added on 31/08/2012
James M. Dorsey
African Champions League , Al Zamalek , Azmy Megahed , Cairo , Cairo club Al Zamalek SC , Censorship , Champion’s League , Confederation of African Football , Democracy , Eduardo P. Archetti , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian Football Association , Egyptian police , Football , Ghana , Hosni Mubarak , Islamist , London School of Economics , Mohammed Morsi , Mohammed Morsi Government , Port Said , President , School of Oriental and African Studies , Soccer , sports minister , Suez , Suez Canal , Tunis , Tunisia
JAMES M. DORSEY: The Egyptian authorities are moving tentatively to check how radicalised football fans will react to the lifting of a ban on their attendance at matches.
Added on 29/08/2012
Common Ground News Service
advertising budgets , Ahmed Harara , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egypt Today , Facebook , Journalism , Mainstream media , Media outlets , Online activism , Satellite channels , Social Media , Twitter , Wael Abbas
NADINE EL SAYED: The names of once marginalised voices have entered the mainstream in Egyptian political discourse. But do they have a long term future?
Added on 21/07/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Facebook , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Osama Bin Laden , Prime Minister , Salafists , Saudi Arabia , Social Media , Tunisia , Twitter
CROSSROADS ARABIA: A surprising convert to the idea of democracy is Sheikh Salman al-Awdah, erstwhile moral guide to Osama bin Laden
Added on 11/07/2012
Common Ground News Service
Ahmed Shafiq , Bikyamasr.com , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Manar Ammar , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , President , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
MANAR AMMAR, CGNEWS: The fear of a deeply divided Egypt is a real one but the first moves of the new President give grounds for cautious optimism
Added on 04/07/2012
Common Ground News Service
Abdel Moneim , Activist , Amr Hamzawy , Civil society , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egypt Today , Freedom and Justice Party , French government , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , President , United Nations , Women , Women's issues
RANDA EL TAHAWY, CGNEWS: Women across the political spectrum in Egypt are refusing to be sidelined or misrepresented.
Added on 03/07/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Ahmed Shafiq , Al Qaeda , America , Bashar al-Assad , Bush Administration , Condoleezza Rice , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Egyptian parliament , Freedom and Justice Party , George Bush , Hamas , Hizballah , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Justice Party , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Northern Ireland , Obama , Obama administration , President , Secretary of State , Sinai Peninsula , Syria , Syrian government , Tahrir Square , United States , Washington , White House , World Trade Center
ROB L. WAGNER: There’s no doubt that alarm bells were ringing in Washington with the news of Morsi’s election. It does, though, present an opportunity
Added on 02/07/2012
M.-Lynx-Qualey
Bahaa Taher , Culture Minister , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Gaber Asfour , Gamal al-Ghitani , Gamal El-Ghitani , Ibrahim Aslan , Literature , Mary Mourad , Mohamed Salmawy , Mohammed Morsi , Mubarak , Nile , Poet , President , The Yacoubian Building
M. LYNX-QUALEY: At the unveiling of Egypt’s most prestigious cultural awards there was a pervasive feeling of fear at what’s to come
Added on 21/06/2012
Tabsir
Conflict , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Gaza , Hamas , Iraq , Israel , Khartoum , Middle East , military commander , Mubarak , Palestine , President , Russia , Sinai , Somalia , Syria , Tahrir Square , Turkey , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: Wherever you look around the Middle East there is conflict, death and horror. Where is our Ghandi?