Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mahmoud Mujadala at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the spokesman for the Israeli army, Effie Defrin, announced Monday […]
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Scenarios for Egypt’s Future: How Democratic Will it Be?
Hosni Mubarak is gone to the wild elation of Egyptian crowds. The country is now being run by a council of military officers. They say […]
Egyptian Crowds Reject Mubarak Speech, Pledge Massive Friday Protests
Having refused to jump, Mubarak was pushed out by the military on Friday. Was traveling, will update tonight. The roller coaster media ride on Thursday […]
Amr: Memo from Egypt: We Shall Not Be Moved
Ahmed Amr writes from Cairo in a guest column for Informed Comment Memo from Egypt: We Shall Not Be Moved With every passing day, the […]
Wael Ghonim vs. Barack Obama: Change we Can Believe in, Yes we Can
Ooops, somehow an older draft got auto-published. This is the actual posting.
Wael Ghonim vs. Barack Obama: Change we Can Believe in, Yes we Can
It is no secret that President Barack Obama has been in some regards a profound disappointment to the American Left, and his erratic and often […]
Egyptian Protests Swell in Response to Ghonim
The crowds in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo were again very large on Tuesday, and new networks of people joined in them, showing that the […]
Anzalone: The Muslim Brotherhood Myth
Christopher Anzalone writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood & the Demonstrations: Fact vs. Fiction Since the start of mass popular […]
Cole on Egypt at Virtually Speaking
Here is part of an interview I did Monday evening with Susie Madrak via Virtually Speaking’s Blogtalk Radio: The full interview is here: Listen to […]
Egypt’s Google Gandhi Released, Interviewed
The Egyptian military government, which is still running the country in accordance with martial law “emergency rules,” on Monday released from custody Wael Ghonim, the […]