Added on 09/02/2014
Naseem Tarawnah
Arab world , Downtown Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Egyptians , Entertainment/Culture , Islam in Egypt , Islamist groups , Middle East , Mubarak , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics of Egypt , Tahrir Square

NASEEM TARAWNAH: I have my personal memories of that tumultuous time. But ‘The Square’ is a vision that all Arabs and non-Arabs should view.
Added on 02/01/2014
Juan Cole
Egypt , Egyptian government , Egyptian revolution , Hosni Mubarak , Islam in Egypt , Mubarak era , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics , Politics of Egypt , Tahrir Square , VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

JUAN COLE: Secret messages being transmitted via muppets on television ads? You couldn’t make it up.
Added on 02/12/2013
Juan Cole
Arab world , Constitution , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Human rights , James Madison , Muhammad Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Political geography , Politics , Politics of Egypt , Religion/Belief , Uniform civil code of India , United States Constitution

JUAN COLE: Many of its provisions will be welcomed by secularists, in particular those with plenty of money but there are some fundamental contradictions too.
Added on 25/10/2013
Juan Cole
Arab League , Arab world , Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian people , Foreign relations of Egypt , Gamal Abdel Nasser , Iran , Iraq , Middle East , Moscow , Muslim Brotherhood , Nikita Khrushchev , North Africa , Politics , Politics of Egypt , President , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Soviet Union , Syria , United States , USD , Vladimir Putin , Washington , Western Asia

An Egyptian delegation heading to Moscow just after the United States cut $300 million out of its aid package to Cairo to punish the July 3 military coup there has raised speculation that Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s military junta is shopping for a new superpower patron. In the 1960s at the height of the Cold […]
Added on 16/10/2013
Common Ground News Service
Africa , author , Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian people , Egyptians , Emad Badr El-Din Mahmoud Abu Ghazy , Ethnic groups in Egypt , Graffiti , Italy , Journalist , Middle East , Politics of Egypt , Protests in Egypt , Raghda El-Halawany , Randa Ghazy , Randa Switzerland , the author of three novels

RANDA GHAZY, CGNEWS: Refusing to be bowed by pressure to choose one side or the other young Egyptians are trying to take hold of their own future
Added on 07/10/2013
James M. Dorsey
Al Ahli , Al Zamalek , Arab world , Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Football in Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Mubarak era , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics , Politics of Egypt , President , Ultras , Ultras Ahlawy , Ultras White Knights , War/Conflict , Zamalek SC

JAMES DORSEY: They’re trying to maintain a balance but given the fact that the regime is increasingly painting them as Islamists how long can that last?
Added on 17/08/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Africa , Arab Spring , Arab world , Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Hosni Mubarak , Islamism , Member states of La Francophonie , Member states of the Arab League , Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Member states of the United Nations , Middle East , Mohammed Mursi , National Democratic Party , National Liberation Front , Nonviolent revolutions , North Africa , Politics , Politics of Egypt , Protests in Egypt , Tunisia

RAMZY BAROUD: in the words of Victor Hugo ‘to simplify is to be an idiot’ and when assessing the turmoil affecting the Middle East there is a lot of simplified commentary
Added on 15/08/2013
Juan Cole
Egypt , Muhammad Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics of Egypt

Some early reports spoke of 120 dead in the first 40 minutes, including two policemen (9 policemen were said to have been wounded). Alarabiya was still only reporting 5 dead several hours after the push against the squares began.
JUAN COLE: Early reports spoke of 120 dead in the first 40 minutes, including two policemen. Alarabiya was still only reporting 5 dead several hours after the push against the squares began.
Added on 18/07/2013
Common Ground News Service
Al-Nour Party , Arab world , Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Freedom and Justice Party , Islamism , Islamist groups , Middle East , Mohamed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics , Politics of Egypt , President , Protests in Egypt

MOHAMED EL SAYED, CGNEWS: Whatever your views about what has happened recently in Egypt it’s clear where we need to go from here.
Added on 15/07/2013
Ramzy Baroud
Africa , Arab Spring , Army , democratically-elected president , Dostour Party , Egypt , Egyptian military , Egyptian presidential election , Egyptian revolution , Hosni Mubarak , Islam in Egypt , Middle East , Mohamed elBaradei , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics , Politics of Egypt , President , Protests in Egypt

RAMZY BAROUD: It’s a dismal, depressing conclusion to make following events over the past two weeks. But it’s clear what ‘democracy’ means for Egyptians
Added on 09/07/2013
Tabsir
Asia , Barak Obama , Democracy , Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Elections , Government of Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Islam in Egypt , Islamism , Legitimacy , Middle East , Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics , Politics of Egypt , President , Shura Council , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Syria , United States

HANI SHURKALLAH, TABSIR: How could the people of Egypt support the parody of democracy that the Muslim Brotherhood had established?
Added on 05/07/2013
Juan Cole
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi , Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Freedom and Justice Party , Islam , Islam in Egypt , Islamism , Kuomintang , Mohamed Morsy , Muhammad Morsi , Muhammad Mursi , Muslim Brotherhood , officer , Politics , Politics of Egypt , President , Saad Katatni , Tamarrud Movement , War/Conflict

JUAN COLE: The Muslim Brotherhood faces a choice. If they go one route it could lead Egypt into a period of profound and long-lasting devastation
Added on 05/07/2013
Crossroads Arabia
Abdul Aziz , Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz , Asia , Egypt , Foreign relations of Saudi Arabia , House of Saud , King , Kings of Saudi Arabia , Middle East , Muslim Brotherhood , Outline of Saudi Arabia , Politics , Politics of Egypt , Saudi Arabia , War/Conflict

CROSSROADS ARABIA: Most Gulf countries have been circumspect in their reaction to the toppling of Morsi’s government. Not so Saudi Arabia
Added on 02/07/2013
Juan Cole
Arab world , Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Freedom and Justice Party , Islam in Egypt , Middle East , Mohamed Morsi , Mohamed Morsy , Muslim Brotherhood , Politics , Politics of Egypt , President

JUAN COLE: President Morsi has no one to blame but himself. By imposing a ‘Brotherisation’ of Egyptian politics he has forced the opposition onto the streets.
Added on 29/06/2013
James M. Dorsey
Arab world , Cairo , Egypt , Egyptian revolution , Football in Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Mohammed Morsi , Nonviolence , Politics , Politics of Egypt , President , Protests in Egypt , Soccer , Tahrir Square , Tamarud , Turkey , Ultras , Ultras Ahlawy , War/Conflict , Zamalek SC

JAMES M. DORSEY: Militant football fans are arguably Egypt’s largest civic group. They’re preparing to confront President Morsi as they previously did Mubarak
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 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