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Egypt’s Military Coup: Take Two
photo from Wikimedia Commons It was March 2011 and the Egyptian military had assumed executive power in what was dubbed a democratic transition. As I stood next to a military tank, I saw slogans such...
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Of Egyptians, For Egyptians
From Wikimedia Commons It is a great mistake to suggest simplicity when an issue is obviously complex. Time magazine’s July 9 cover story on the state of Egypt’s rulers boasts the simple and suggestive...
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Don’t Worry Yet
photo from Wikimedia Commons In a series of Middle East diplomatic visits last week, Mohamed Morsi made his first official trip as President of Egypt to Saudi Arabia, and Hillary Clinton met with...
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Morsi, the Temporary Dictator?
photo from Wikimedia Commons So far my blogs have covered Syria, Egypt, Sudan, and Libya. This is not to neglect the larger Middle East or to undermine the political will, for example, of those in...
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Seizing the Day and Fixing the Sinai
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be wise to consider learning from the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. On May 17, 1977 at 11:30 PM, Egyptian Vice President Hosni Mubarak learned...
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Political Minutes: El Ghobashy and Mitchell at New School
On Wednesday, The New School hosted a panel featuring academics well-versed on different facets of Egyptian society. The topic of the discussion was Egypt after the presidential elections and the...
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Mudslinging in Denial
by Marissa Tjartjalis Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been accused of many things throughout her political career. Yet until her visit to Egypt this past July, being a “Secret Islamist” was not...
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Egypt’s Party Scene
Nadine Mansour “The success of our efforts to devise a thoroughly Egyptian model for reform will depend to a large extent on the ability of our political parties to mould themselves into dynamic...
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Both Right and Wrong
Opposites are mutually exclusive, or so the prevalent logic goes. A ruler is either good for his people, or he is not. A piece of legislation either works, or it does not. A cause is either worth...
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Cairo Voted No
In the months preceding the United States’ most recent presidential election, commentators, analysts, and other agents of the mainstream media argued about America’s political-geographic climate, swing...
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Egypt’s Authoritarian, Redux?
photo from Wikimedia Commons On June 4, 2009, President Obama delivered a riveting speech to the Muslim world at Cairo University. In it he declared, “I do have an unyielding belief that all people...
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Egypt’s Mexican-Style Coup
Wikimedia Commons As I write this, there is less than an hour left to the end of the Egyptian Army’s 48-hour ultimatum that unless an agreement can be reached between the President Mohammed Morsi and...
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Egypt’s Uncertain Democracy
The military demonstrates its support for the anti-Morsi protests. Last Wednesday, as I watched revolution in Egypt unseat it’s first democratically elected president, I couldn’t help but acknowledge...
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The Grain Drain
In 2011, a protester in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, was photographed with a bagel and two hot dog buns taped to his head. His “bread helmet” became a misunderstood symbol of the Egyptian revolution, with...
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Jordanians Count their Blessings
The Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan It’s a typical night in Amman, Jordan. A commercial sponsored by Al-Arabiya, the Saudi regional news channel, flashes on the screen of a small television. The face of...
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