June 2013

April 2013

Bassem Youssef and the Sultan

By | 2013-04-02T22:36:27+00:00 April 2nd, 2013|Uncategorized|

  [Originally posted on Foreign Policy.]     Mocking rulers is a tradition almost as old as rule itself. At times mockery is subtle and allegorical; at others it is blunt, sometimes gauche, but always funny. [...]

November 2012

Egypt’s ominous attack on porn

By | 2012-11-14T18:54:07+00:00 November 14th, 2012|Uncategorized|

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 [...]

January 2012

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