Egypt

Aerial video of Cairo in the wake of the military atrocity against the Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins shows Cairo aflame. ITN compares it to the 1973 war, but it reminds me of 1952, when angry crowds attacked British-linked establishments in events that helped provoke the Young Officers’ coup.

Egypt

Egypt’s Transition Has Failed: New Age of Military Dictatorship in Wake of Massacre

Juan Cole

The horrible bloodshed in Egypt on Wednesday marked a turning point in the country’s modern history, locking it in to years of authoritarian paternalism and possibly violent faction fighting. The country is ruled by an intolerant junta with no respect for human life. Neither the Brotherhood nor the military made the kind of bargain and […]

Egypt

Egyptian Police Clear Brotherhood Sit-Ins, at cost of Scores of deaths, injuries

Juan Cole

On Wednesday morning, the State Security police in Egypt used earth movers to tear down the barricades around the huge sit-ins at al-Nahda Square in Giza and Rabia al-`Adawiyya square in Cairo. They left one street open at each location and demanded the crowds disperse, saying that no one would be pursued who voluntarily left. […]

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Egypt: Food Crisis looms as Interim Gov’t decides to disperse Muslim Brotherhood Protesters Peacefully

Juan Cole

In the midst of its political crisis, Egypt also faces rising food prices that are hitting the poor hard. This rise comes on top of tremendous price increases for staples under deposed president Muhammad Morsi this past year, as a result of the government not importing enough wheat and the 15% fall in the price […]

Egypt

“After the Ruler undermined Democracy, the people wanted the Military…” Egypt 1952 (video)

Juan Cole

Egyptian Revolution of 1952 “the Communists called it a military dictatorship . . .” “Gen. Muhammad Naguib was considered a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer . . .” plus ça change . . .

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Top Reasons John McCain and Lindsey Graham have no Credibility for Egypt Talks

Juan Cole

Sen. John McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham were apparently asked by President Obama to go to Egypt and try to mediate the conflict between the Egyptian military and the Muslim Brotherhood. They are saying some of the right things while in Cairo. The problem is that they have no credibility on the issues involved. 1. […]

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“Capturing football fields” of power – Offshore Wind-Wave Energy Farms in Japan and California

Juan Cole

For the real-world project, look to Japan: “The world’s first hybrid power generation system is due to be installed off the coast of western Japan later this year. The offshore facility is designed to draw power from the wind and waves.” Here’s the video on the Japan Wind-Wave facility: And, for the theoretical basis for […]

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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Defiant as Government Mulls Dispersing Crowds in Cairo, Giza

Juan Cole

There are two places the Muslim Brotherhood is emulating the revolutionary youth of 2011 and occupying a public square– the place in front of the Rabi`a al-`Adawiya Mosque near Nasr City and the Nahda Square in Giza. The interim Egyptian cabinet ominously directed the Interior Ministry on Wednesday morning that it intended to disperse these […]

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Egyptian Backlash against Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi’s Call for foreign Intervention in Egypt

Juan Cole

Maverick Muslim ‘televangelist’ Yusuf Qaradawi has provoked fury in many quarters of Egypt with his recent fatwas and statements on that country. Qaradawi is an Egyptian member of the Muslim Brotherhood who took refuge in Qatar and became a Qatari citizen during the period when the Brotherhood was banned in his country of birth. He […]