Morsi and the MB have said that the tourism sector would "keep its freedoms" and "No citizen who makes a living from this branch need to be worried. Our goal is to attract annually 20 million tourists to Egypt" - meaning tourists would be allowed to drink alcohol and sunbathe on Egypt’s beaches. Please site an example of "the hardline puritan stances he has taken" on tourism?.
Where are the facts to back up this assertion: "half of Egyptians who are absolutely terrified of him" or is the evidence purely anecdotal? Is it not an Orientalist impulse to see everything in black and white? (My extensive social circle suggest that large numbers of Egyptians do not support Morsi and are not terrified - some are ready to fight anything that does go wrong).
+ Please site some examples of Morsi's hard line approach on tourism. Everything I have read or listened to has been very supportive. See http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=30098 and similar.
+ You start your article stating that Orientalists see everything in black and white and then you conclude by saying that 50% of Egyptians are terrified of Morsi. Where is your evidence of this terror? It's a huge statement and does not match my personal experience.
+ It might be worth mentioning the decline in Islamist votes in either of the presidential elections versus the parliamentary election.
+ Please site some examples of Morsi's hard line approach on tourism. Everything I have read or listened to has been very supportive. See http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=30098 and similar.
+ You start your article stating that Orientalist see everything in black and white and then you conclude by saying that 50% of Egyptians are terrified of Morsi. Where is your evidence of this terror? It's a huge statement and does not match my personal experience.
+ It might be worth mentioning the decline in Islamist votse in either of the presidential elections versus the parliamentary election.
Morsi and the MB have said that the tourism sector would "keep its freedoms" and "No citizen who makes a living from this branch need to be worried. Our goal is to attract annually 20 million tourists to Egypt" - meaning tourists would be allowed to drink alcohol and sunbathe on Egypt’s beaches. Please site an example of "the hardline puritan stances he has taken" on tourism?.
Where are the facts to back up this assertion: "half of Egyptians who are absolutely terrified of him" or is the evidence purely anecdotal? Is it not an Orientalist impulse to see everything in black and white? (My extensive social circle suggest that large numbers of Egyptians do not support Morsi and are not terrified - some are ready to fight anything that does go wrong).
A couple of small observations/questions:
+ Please site some examples of Morsi's hard line approach on tourism. Everything I have read or listened to has been very supportive. See http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=30098 and similar.
+ You start your article stating that Orientalists see everything in black and white and then you conclude by saying that 50% of Egyptians are terrified of Morsi. Where is your evidence of this terror? It's a huge statement and does not match my personal experience.
+ It might be worth mentioning the decline in Islamist votes in either of the presidential elections versus the parliamentary election.
A couple of small observations/questions:
+ Please site some examples of Morsi's hard line approach on tourism. Everything I have read or listened to has been very supportive. See http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=30098 and similar.
+ You start your article stating that Orientalist see everything in black and white and then you conclude by saying that 50% of Egyptians are terrified of Morsi. Where is your evidence of this terror? It's a huge statement and does not match my personal experience.
+ It might be worth mentioning the decline in Islamist votse in either of the presidential elections versus the parliamentary election.