On Wednesday, I watched aerial footage of Egypt on fire. The bright orange flames in the urban jungle of Cairo reminded me of wild fires on National Geographic. Only here it was buildings, houses, cars, offices, [...]
Finding spaces for sanity and reason amidst Egypt's extreme polarization can be a difficult task when political factions seem intent on walking the road to extremism. Luckily for the rest of us, a small [...]
For Foreign Policy: Transitions. You’d think we'd won the World Cup: cars honking, loud celebratory music, people carrying flags. There are also flags hanging from the military helicopters flying at low altitude above Egypt's [...]
For Foreign Policy: Transitions. Lately I've found myself thinking back to those horrible American soap operas (the "Bold and the Beautiful," etc.) that my late grandmother used to watch. She managed to find [...]
My latest for Foreign Policy Transitions. It's the abridged version of a 5-page article full of profanity. The intractability of the problem in Egypt is caused by the presence of three, not two, parties to [...]
I can't speak for the size of the protest, but it was massive. Revolution massive. Particularly given that it's on a workday, and it's on the eastern side of the city as opposed to downtown. [...]
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.
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 [...]
Crossposted at Foreign Policy Transitions. In short: It's not a coup, but we're screwed anyway. This week, the Egyptian military made its boldest attempt yet to regain control over a country that has been slipping from [...]
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 [...]
