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Not mentioning Israel everywhere is ‘disturbing’ ?
Richard Grenell was Mitt Romney's foreign policy until last month, when he was pushed out of his job for being openly gay, which is to Romney and co's shame. For all intents and purposes Grenell's [...]
What I looked like when I voted for Morsi
Egyptian embassy, Tunis. Thanks Samar S. Mezghanni for the photo! It's not that I like him. I hate the living hell out of him. Why did I vote? I hate Shafiq more [...]
The Spy who Said “Really?!”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_1yj5IlyZqo] Oh. Dear. God. That was my first reaction when I saw this new ad broadcast on a government satellite channel: A young fellow, supposed to be foreign, walks into a cafe plastered with revolutionary slogans (including [...]
The five stages of electoral grief
a.k.a "the article where I refer to Shafiq and Morsi as "dumb and dumber" and "Bert and Ernie". Crossposted at Foreign Policy Transitions.[and big thanks to my editor Christian Caryl!] The first is denial. And that's what [...]
إنتخبوا هذا الخروف Vote for this sheep
Because there's no way it'll be worse than Morsy or Shafiq. لأنه في جميع الأحوال مش هايكون أسوأ من مرسي أو شفيق.
Smile of the Day
It's been a lousy day all things considered - with the official announcement of the Morsy-Shafeeq run-off, but the comic relief was that a nice hacker broke into the Muslim Brotherhood Twitter accounts, and changed [...]
Egyptian Elections, Game of Thrones Edition
A guide of the Egyptian elections and its main protagonists, explained for Game of Thrones fans. The comparisons are of course very approximate, I am not familiar with the books and it’s the first [...]
Tunisia Stakes a Claim
Update: Someone translated this article into French for Slate Afrique: La Tunisie, nouveau modele Arabe? Summary: Tunisia is beginning to assert its leadership role in the Arab world, backed by its revolutionary credentials and buoyed [...]
A bitter presidential vote
Long story short: I voted. And I hated it. Crossposted at Foreign Policy Magazine: Transitions. A BITTER PRESIDENTIAL VOTE Yes, that's totally me. My hand is white now. I ticked the ballot, dropped it [...]
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Egypt After the Spring: Revolt and Reaction.
Egypt After the Spring: Revolt and Reaction. This Adelphi volume brings together senior sch olars as well as rising analysts of Egypt to examine the tumultuous period from the January 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak, [...]
The US elections (and their aftermath), covered as we do African elections
Had to be done (actually surprised it hasn't already): Writing about the latest US elections like US media writes about African countries. **COUNTRY CRISIS WATCH** [insert CNN "breaking news" type of jingle] The US of A, [...]
Refugees don’t want handouts: they want jobs
Jobs would give refugees both money and dignity Image: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke Polykastro, Greece Khaled wakes up early. Most people in the refugee camp in Polykastro, in northern Greece, do – the tents [...]