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Egypt’s ominous attack on porn
Monday's post at Foreign Policy: Transitions. "I called people up so they would join the revolution. And they died. I let (Ahmed) Harara walk onto Mohamed Mahmoud Street, and he was blinded. My friends, who weren't [...]
Protest in Amman – live – photos
A protest has erupted in Amman, as decisions to raise gas prices by 30% have come into force at midnight tonight -- an hour ago or so. All evening, gas stations I walked past had [...]
مذكرات التحرير في معرض تونس للكتاب!
كتاب "مذكرات التحرير" الذي يؤرخ ليوميات مجموعة من الكتاب و الصحافيين النشطاء في ايام الثورة المصرية، في معرض تونس للكتاب. لو كنتم هناك، احصلوا على نسختكم الان 🙂 The Arabic edition of our collection memoir [...]
The sad reality of Egypt’s vaunted military
My latest piece on the #EgyArmy, for Foreign Policy Magazine. Hey, I'm just finding this in the newspaper. Don't shoot the messenger... An Egyptian expatriate friend asked me recently about the state of the Egyptian [...]
أفكار منتصف الليل: عن الأخت ساندي، و أعداء الدين من الداخل
يا ترى الإعصار سأل اللي في العربية دي مسلمين ولا بيعبدوا الشمس؟ الساعة الواحدة صباحا بتوقيت بوسطن و فيه إعصار أنا سامعه برة و المطر بيضرب على الزجاج. إعصار اسمه ساندي، على رأي [...]
Muslim Brotherhood in Autocomplete
These are the Google search suggestions based on other users' searches, when using Google.com from a US IP address. Muslim Brotherhood in the White House. Essam El-Erian just got a hard-on.
Egypt subsidises the “Dictatorship for Beginners” manual…
Originally published in Foreign Policy: Transitions. RHS: “The Great Bahgatos is on the People’s hearts”LHS: “Bahgatia’s Statue of Liberty” – “safety matches” – “The Law”My father recently bought a new copy of an old book. [...]
Why are we arresting kids for blasphemy in Egypt?
My latest post for Foreign Policy Transitions. I am genuinely upset. Some things in Egypt are devolving from ‘seriously ridiculous’ to ‘batshit crazy’. Arresting children for blasphemy is one such instance. “The most certain test [...]
Rocking Egyptian economic policy like it’s 2010
Originally posted on FP transitions, and I forgot to post it here.. This week I attended two events in Cairo devoted to Egypt’s economic situation, but the setting could easily have been any point [...]
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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 [...]