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Foreseeing Egypt’s Unrest
I noticed a lot of television commentators wondering why no one predicted the unrest in Egypt. I’d just like to draw attention to the number […]
Christians, Muslims “One Hand” in Egypt’s Youth Revolution
Sunday saw a return to Egypt of themes of national unity across the Christian-Muslim divide that recalled the heyday of early Egyptian nationalism in 1919, […]
Amr: Official Egyptian Press Tall Tales about the Protesters
Ahmed Amr writes from Egypt in a guest column for Informed Comment The campaign against the Egyptian protest movement by Egyptian officialdom, has been two-pronged. […]
Egypt: I ask Myself Why
I ask myself why. Why would authorities in a European county like Switzerland entertain the idea of trying George W. Bush for torture if he […]
5 Year Old Child Heads Demo in Alexandria Egypt
5 Year Old Child Heads Million Strong Demo in Alexandria Egypt He is chanting about freedom, the nation, the need for the regime of Hosni […]
Top Ten Accomplishments of Egypt Demonstrators
The protest movement in Egypt scored several victories on Friday, but did not actually succeed in getting President Hosni Mubarak to step down. Their accomplishments […]
Cunningham: Every Uprising is Different
Philip J Cunningham writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Every uprising is different. But given shared human strengths and weaknesses, the dynamics of […]
Repression Fails as Thousands Demand Mubarak Departure
Anti-Mubarak Egyptians prepared themselves on Friday for a major campaign of street protests that they are calling not another “Day of Wrath” but rather a […]
Mubarak Defies a Humiliated America, Emulating Netanyahu
It should be remembered that Egypt’s elite of multi-millionaires has benefited enormously from its set of corrupt bargains with the US and Israel and from […]
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