The Egyptian People Broke the Barrier of Fear
If you would like to know why the United States does not have credibility in the Middle East, that is precisely the answer. People were absolutely disappointed in the way you reacted to Egypt’s [...]
Egypt’s Unstable Regime
The secretary’s words suggested that the administration remains dangerously behind the pace of events in the Middle East. It failed to anticipate Tunisia’s revolution; days before [...]
Rebellion in the Land of the Pharaohs
In the received image of it, Egypt is the most stable of nations, a place of continuity on the banks of a sanguine river. Egyptians, the chronicles tell us, never killed their pharaohs. Anwar [...]
Mubarak Has Never Hesitated to Use Force Against Challenge to His rule
But after a day that saw Egypt’s riot police overwhelmed, forcing Mubarak to turn to the armed forces to try to reimpose order, it was not at all clear that the former air force officer [...]
It’s Egypt’s Young Who Are Leading the Protests
They organised protests from Assiut in the south, to Sheikh Zuwayyid in Sinai, and Alexandria, Suez and other cities the length and breadth of Egypt. For Cairo they chose three locations: Shubra, [...]
Egypt’s Day of Wrath a Long Time Coming
In this week’s demonstrations, which saw Jan. 25 renamed Youm al-Ghadab, or Day of Wrath, protestors have indeed directed some of their anger at the younger Mubarak, but the main target [...]
Obama to Mubarak: Forget Tunisia
Such stonewalling could have been expected from the 68-year-old Aboul Gheit, one of Mubarak’s most faithful retainers. Nor is it surprising that Mubarak and his court would ignore the [...]
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Posted Congressional Hearing Held on Christian Minorities in Iraq and Egypt
The following are transcripts of the testimonies of the witnesses and experts.Testimony of the Honorable Anna G. EshooI want to begin by thanking each of my colleagues who are here today, with [...]
Memo to the Prime Minister of Egypt from the Forum of Independent Human Rights NGOs on Practical Steps to Ensure Full Citizenship
Jan. 19, 2011 The reactions to the illegal bombing of the Two Saints Church in Alexandria demonstrate that religious and sectarian tensions have reached dangerous levels that threaten to shatter [...]
