President Morsi of Egypt has announced astonishing decisions to retire two Military top-brass including Field Marshall Tentawi that has been in firm control of the Egyptian military and intelligence communities for over 20 years. Tentawi is still a very powerful… Read More ›
The article by AFP reproduced below is the tip of the iceberg! The truth is that each of the presidential candidates is supported politically and financially by different countries, international constituencies and power brokers. The four candidates, drawing from the… Read More ›
Further to my previous post, the Muslimbrotherhood got 47% of the national vote, enough but not good enough to form a constituent government. The right-wing extremist Salafis got a critical 23-25% of the vote, reflecting the growing conservative strain in… Read More ›
I have been visiting Egypt for about 20 years. The penultimate time I was there was for pleasure in December 2010, a few weeks before the Arab Spring hit the land of the Spinx. Now, almost exactly a year after… Read More ›
This week has been punctuated by the depressing news about the violent crackdown by the security forces on Egypt’s people, wounding several women but definitely stepping over the line of civil order! Women were injured and culprits caught on camera…. Read More ›
The Arab Spring and it’s amazing impact in Egypt has left long time observers gasping for breath. In a few months of civil disobedience and peaceful protests, Egyptians overthrew decades of authoritarian rule and sever State control in favor of… Read More ›
