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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
As I looked at this photo [source] of Mohamed Morsi praying Juma'a in Italy, surrounded from three sides by his security detail, I remembered this beautiful story from the days of Omar Ibn El Khattab. A [...]
Crossposted at Foreign Policy: Transitions "I demand the expulsion of diaspora Copts from Egypt," said a placard held by a young man in jeans and a T-shirt at the U.S. embassy protest here in Cairo yesterday. On a [...]
“Mapping the World’s Friendships” is an entertaining interactive map that displays the ‘closest friends’ for each country based on its users friends. Egypt's main friends abroad, according to Facebook For the [...]
Cross-posted on Foreign Policy Transitions With her white hijab and the slight gap between her teeth, Fatma Nabil looks like my cousin. She probably looks like everybody’s cousin. Yet after presenting the afternoon news last week, Fatma [...]
Horrifying picture of Israeli settlers terrorising a Palestinian woman in East Jerusalem. Look particularly at the second settler from the right. Try to imagine what kind of hatred brought him to this woman's home, [...]
Update: Republished in Real Clear World Republished in Outlook India (under the title “Morsi’s Code”, which I like!) Republished in Khaleej Times ——————— Morsi, with a moderate stance, could signal a more active Egypt in [...]
I'm trying to make sense of it all and organize my thoughts as news, analysis and speculations keep coming, so bear with me. Let’s first try to understand what this is not. It is not [...]
