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 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 05/06/2013
James M. Dorsey
Cairo , Egypt , Erdogan , Fethullah Gülen , Islam , Islamism , Istanbul , Ottoman architecture , Politics , President , Tahrir Square , Taksim , Taksim Square , Tourism , Turkey , Turkish architecture , Turkish art , War/Conflict
JAMES M. DORSEY: Once again battle-hardened football fans are taking the lead in confronting a regime. We’ve been here before.
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 01/10/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Cairo , Hate , Islam , Israel , Martin Luther King Jr. , messenger , Metropolitan Transportation Authority , Mona Eltahawy , New York , New York city , New York Post , Tahrir Square , Twitter , United States , YouTube
ROB L. WAGNER: She seems to specialise in self-aggrandizing stunts that diminish the message and provide fodder for anti-Muslim parodies.
Added on 13/09/2012
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , al-Masry al-Yawm , Benghazi , Cairo , Department of State , Egypt , Garden City , Hosni Mubarak , Ku Klux Klan , Libya , Libyan government , Mitt Romney , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt , Obama administration , President , Prime Minister , Red Cross , Republican presidential candidate , Sam Bacile , Sinai , Tahrir Square , Terry Jones , The US ambassador , United States , US embassy in Cairo , West Bank , YouTube
JUAN COLE: His comments were hasty, distasteful and unwise. Can we afford to have an individual with such poor judgement in the White House?
Added on 25/07/2012
Common Ground News Service
Amman , Beirut , Cairo , Economy , Employment , Entrepreneur , Europe , Google+ , Ihsan Jawad , Iraq , Lebanon , Libya , Middle East , Nada Akl , oil reserves , Qatar Foundation , Social Media , Tahrir Square , United Arab Emirates , United States , Yahoo!
NADA AKL, CGNEWS: Positive role models and an increasingly connected world are having a positive effect in encouraging young entrepreneurs
Added on 15/07/2012
James M. Dorsey
African Champions League , Al Ahly , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Azmy Megahed , Cairo’s Military Academy Stadium , Champion’s League , Egypt , Egyptian Football Association , Facebook , Gamal , Germany , Hosni Mubarak , Journalist , Khaled Diab , metal detectors , military governor , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , Port Said , President , Ramadan , Real Estate , Saudi Arabia , Soccer , Suez , Suez Canal , Tahrir Square , Ultras Ahlawy
JAMES M. DORSEY: The battle between the autocrats and the ultras turned the stadiums into battlefields for control with the ultras viewing themselves as the venue’s only legitimate owner.
Added on 08/07/2012
James M. Dorsey
2014 World Cup , Abdullah , Ali Bin Al Hussein , Army , Asian Football Confederation , Asian Football Federation , Australia , Cairo , Champion’s League , East Africa , Egypt , FIFA , Football , Hosni Mubarak , International Football Association Board , International Olympic Committee , Iraq , Jordan , Jordanian Football Association , Libya , Middle East , Mohammed Morsi , Muslim Brotherhood , North Africa , President , Rushdi Malhas , Saddam Hussein , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Olympic Committee , Soccer , Tahrir Square , the Champions League , WAFF
JAMES M. DORSEY: The success of the Jordanian Football Association is causing other sporting bodies to sit up and take notice.
Added on 06/07/2012
Juan Cole
Ahmad Shafiq , Al Qaeda , Ali Abdullah Saleh , Arab Spring , Bahrain , Brazil , Canada , Catholic Church , Congress , constitutional law , Egypt , Energy , France , George III , House of Representatives , Islah party , Ku Klux Klan , Libya , Massachusetts , Muhammad Mursi , Muslim Brotherhood , Oman , Poland , Prime Minister , Quebec , Red Cross , South Carolina , Syria , Tahrir Square , Thomas Jefferson , Tunisia , United States , Yemen
JUAN COLE: Americans have given up too soon on the Arab Spring. They have bought into overly large generalizations, some of them purveyed by right wing American pundits…
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 24/06/2012
Tabsir
Africa , Arab Spring , Atlantic ocean , Bahrain , Burkina Faso , Egypt , Libya , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Northern Mali , Sudan , Syria , Tahrir Square , Tunisia , Yemen
DANIEL M. VARISCO: It’s a crisis that seems to have evaded the world’s attention but the human disaster that Sahel is facing is vast
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?
Added on 21/06/2012
Editor, MEP
Ahmad Shafiq , Algeria , Baseball , Egypt , Hosni Mubarak , Muhammad Mursi , Muslim Brotherhood , President , SCAF , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Tahrir Square , UN Court
JUAN COLE: You find it hard to escape the conclusion that the SCAF aren’t being very bright, and are unaware of how perilous their path is.
Added on 18/06/2012
Juan Cole
Al Qaeda , Al-Ahram Center , Cairo , Democracy , Egypt , Egypt Protests , Freedom and Justice Party , Hosni Mubarak , Mubarak government , Muhammad Mursi , Muslim Brotherhood , Omar Suleiman , President , Qatar , Qatari Government , Russia , SCAF , Supreme Council of the Armed Forces , Tahrir Square , UN Court , United States , Washington
JUAN COLE: There seems to be no rational explanation why SCAF has moved now against parliament. That leaves only the irrational.
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 27/05/2012
Juan Cole
Ahmad Shafiq , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Cairo , Camp David , David Horowitz , Egypt , Egypt’s Suez Canal , France , Freedom and Justice Party , Hamdeen Sabahi , Iran , Islamic Republic of Iran , Israel , Lyndon Johnson , Mubarak , Mubarak government , Muhammad Mursi , Muslim Brotherhood , Nicolas Sarkozy , Novelist , Oil , oil monarchies , Pentagon , President , Prime Minister , Republican Party , Richard Nixon , Ronald Reagan , Suez , Suez Canal , Syria , Tahrir Square , Turkey , United States
JUAN COLE: The Egyptian electorate seems to have a strong leaning for ‘law and order’. Very similar to the U.S electorate in the 1960s
Added on 02/05/2012
Common Ground News Service
Ankara , Baghdad , Barack Obama , Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , Journalism , Kabul , Liberia , Nobel Prize , Oscars , President , Prime Minister , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Tahrir Square , United States , Yemen
DR MUQTEDAR KHAN, CGNEWS: Whatever you think about prizes they help to define an era. Pulitzer judged wrong this year.
