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LATEST ARTICLES ( 215 )

• Reformer from Muslim Brotherhood: Talk by Dr. Abdel Moneim Abol Fottoh

  Dear Readers, I attended a talk by Dr. Abol Fottoh today. There was no simultaneous translation. A student translated for me. So this is not verbatim, but... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mohammed El Baradei: We Are Born with a Call for Freedom

  Dear ReadersSorry to gush, but today I met Mohamed El Baradei. One of the really cool things about my current job is that I work with Dr. Laila El Baradei, who... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Updated Post on Facts of Libyan Crisis: Week of April 3, 2011

  Dear readersSorry for the hiatus on news reporting. I went to Kenya to pick up my children this weekend. I evacuated them from Egypt during the Revolution. So w... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Protecting Freedom of Information in Egypt: What is Old is New Again

  This piece will appear in Al Masry Al Youm English Edition this week. I will link back to the paper as soon as it appears. WMBFreedom of Information and... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Winter for Egyptian Democracy

  Article first published as Winter for Egyptian Democracy on Blogcritics.It is winter in Egypt. The days are overcast, and surprisingly cold. Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Updated Post on Facts of Libyan Crisis: Week of March 29, 2011

  

  This post will pull together material on the Libyan crisis. It is a chronology, not an analysis... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Implement Better Development Regimes (Guest Blogger)

  

  Views contributed by my brilliant colleague and social geographer, David Rutherford, and endorsed by me! Right on, Brother! WMB Sixty percent of the people... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Muslim Brotherhood March 2011

  Dear readers:Due to the enormous interest in the topic, I will be updating what I know on the Muslim Brotherhood regularly. What I will do to keep the... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Humorous Qadaffi Musical Interlude

  Dear readers. I am going to take a page out of Ezra Klein's wonkbook, and give you a fun musical interlude. We all need a break here from the war coverage, don'... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Muammar Qadaffi: Pan-Africanist Hero, Or Genocidaire?

  

  Dear ReadersPan-Africanists (and leftists) are in an uproar about the bombing of Libya. This post will examine the different sides of the issue. My quick take:... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Where is Bahrain?

  

  For a good overview of what is happening in Bahrain, check out a blog by Kashif Ilyas called My Notes. You can also of course, check out Al Jazeera. Here is a... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Middle East Should Follow Egypt’s Lead Towards Democracy

  Date: March 21, 2011 The change sweeping the Arab world is now entering into its second month. The people of Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Humor About African Leaders: Much Needed at This Point

  This is a FORWARD from another list.While one can be old but young at heart... or young but old at heart...I noticed that Museveni is not on this list.... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Blog Interview About the Constitutional Referendum with Abdel-Rahman Hussein,...

  Dear Readers: Today, we are very privileged to have the opportunity to speak to Abdel-Rahman Hussein. Mr. Hussein is a Cairo-based journalist who's written for... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Non-Scientific Sample of Egyptian Voting Experiences

  

  Dear readers: We in the social sciences like samples to be big and representative. Egypt has 80 million people, so a representative sample would have to be... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• West Pounds Libya with Air Strikes

  The Libyan Uprising has now entered its fourth week.A broad campaign of airstrikes is pounding the Libyan coast. US missiles are attempting to enforce a United... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Analysis of Specific Provisions of Proposed Amendments to the Egyptian...

  Guest Bloggers with the assistance of Warigia Bowman.[This post contains contributions by Sara Samy, Ramona Cannan, Omneya Ali, Ansam Mohammed, Aya Karar,... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Observations by a Voter Regarding Today's Constitutional Referendum

  Egypt’s New Phase of Democracy- Exercise 1: National Referendum, March 19, 2011This entry was contributed by blogger Rana Korayem. [I edited this entry... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is It Really a Revolution?

  In a recent email conversation with me, noted democracy scholar and Harvard professor Steven Levitsky made the following very relevant observation. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Amending the Egyptian Constitution Part 2

  

  10:20 a.mHi all, the vote is today. VERY EXCITING!!! This is really important. So many African countries are revising their constitutions. Kenya just revised it... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY