Added on 25/06/2012
Juan Cole
Ahmad Shafiq , Alexandria , Amr Moussa , Cairo , Egypt , elected president , Elections , France , Hamdeen Sabahi , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Mediterranean , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Muhammad Mursi , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party , National Democratic Party , Novelist , President , Prime Minister , Saudi Arabia , Supreme Court
JUAN COLE: One problem for Mursi is mollifying the Egyptians who are terrified of him, fearing he wants to turn their fun-loving country into a grim Saudi Arabia.
Added on 20/12/2011
Juan Cole
al-Masry al-Yawm , Alexandria , Army , Cairo , Coptic Church , Egypt , Egyptian military , Justice Party , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party , Prime Minister , Protests , Youth
JUAN COLE: If the military can depict the youth as wild men to the middle classes, it thinks it might remain in power, with a fig leaf of elections.
Added on 10/12/2011
Rania Al Malky
Army , Democracy , Egypt , Freedom and Justice Party , Justice Party , Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party , New York Times , Pennsylvania , President , SCAF , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
RANIA AL MALKY: SCAF’s advisory council should think twice before accepting (at best) a vague role that can only inflame an already tense climate.
Added on 04/12/2011
Rania Al Malky
Abdel Moez Ibrahim , Egypt , Egypt Elections , Freedom and Justice Party , Getty Images , Islamist , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party , National Democratic Party , Pennsylvania , runner , Salafi Al-Nour Party
RANIA AL MALKY: A year on bitterness has given way to gratitude. Had the elections not been so rigged, the uprising might have never have happened.
Added on 01/12/2011
Lucy Emmerson
Cairo , Cairo University , Egypt , Freedom and Justice Party , Getty Images , Hosni Mubarak , Israel , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party , National Democratic Party , Prime Minister , Shadi Hamid , Tahrir Square
LUCY EMMERSON: Many people were voting for the first time. “Last time I didn’t vote because my vote didn’t matter,” said Fatima Abdullah…
Added on 28/11/2011
Lucy Emmerson
Abdel Moez Ibrahim , Alexandria , Cairo , Egypt , Egypt Elections , Freedom and Justice Party , Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party , Port Said
LUCY EMMERSON: By Egyptian standards, the chaos has been moderate. Today marks a good start to a process due to unfold over the next three months.
