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LATEST ARTICLES ( 215 )

• Preparing for Protest

  

  It sounds like there is going to be a really big protest tomorrow at Tahrir. Writing in Al Masry Al Youm almasryalyoum English, Noha El Hennawy states that... Read more

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

• The Custodian Project: Inverting the Pyramid

  

  Dear readersI participated in a community based learning project in my Leadership Class at American University in Cairo this semester. My students designed it.... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Interview with Abdel Ghaffr Shokr: Founder of Coalition of Popular Socialist...

  I first met Mr. Abdel Ghaffr Shokr at an AUC conference on the Revolution or Democratic Transformation. He impressed me, so I decided to interview him as part o... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Things That Transnational Civil Society Could Do to Support Egypt

  Well, we had an interesting class discussion yesterday evening.I was with Dr. Jerry Leach, Dr. Jennifer Bremer in my department (Public Policy and Administratio... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Violence in Tahrir Square in Late June

  

  Photo Credits, Al Masry Al Youm Newspaper, English Edition, June 29, 2011Dear readers I have been very busy with work. I just finished teaching an accelerated... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS

• Palms [Arecaceae]

  

  Egypt is a desert. It defines the edge of the Sahara. Without the River Nile, Egypt would be barren. However, where the Nile flows, or where the a spring bubble... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2011 TRAVEL

• Violence Against Women and Harassment Against Women in Egypt

  Dear readersI mentioned in my last post that my nanny was assaulted on Friday for being Sudanese or dark skinned. However, I told this story to my class, and... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• An African in Egypt

  

  A bad thing happened on Friday. My Sudanese nanny, Suzy, was the victim of a pretty serious racist incident. Suzy is south Sudanese, of the Dinka people. She wa... Read more

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

• Update on Libyan Crisis: Week of June 12, 2011

  According to the New York Times. Loyalist forces are still clashing with rebels in the oil city of Zawiya. This town is the Qadaffi government's last remaining... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Labor Issues in Egypt Seen Through the Lens of the Revolution

  These represent partial notes taken by me at a conference. The conference was called From Tahrir: Revolution or Democratic Transition? June 4-6, 2011. Oriental... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Samer Soliman of Egyptian Social Democratic Party: Background and Influences

  Interview with Dr. Samer Soliman, June 6, 2011. Interview conducted by Dr. Warigia Bowman, Assistant Professor, American University, School of Global Affairs an... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2011 CURRENT

• Pedagogy of the Oppressed

  

  Dear readersDo you ever have those days at work where you just feel like, "WOW, this is really where I want to be. I am doing the right thing with my life, and ... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Setting Up Systems

  Just a quick, somewhat humorous, post on some things that need to be fixed in Egypt. I know I am a khawaga (foreigner) but I am also half African and married... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Update on Libyan Crisis Week of June 1, 2011

  

  Libyan Refugee Camp. Photo Credit, AP. From Business Insider. 250,000 workers have fled Libya since the start of the civil unrest and have temporarily... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "Virginity Testing" by Egyptian Army

  On March 23, 2011, Amnesty International issued a report that there were forced 'virginity tests' inflicted by the Egyptian Army upon women protesters arrested... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Edfu

  I am in Luxor right now. I am on a boat, taking the obligatory Nile Cruise, so I have limited Internet access. I was very pleased to see this article in the... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2011 POLITICS

• Does Shariah Allow Women to Vote?

  

  Women voters stand in line to cast their ballot in Egypt's first major democratic vote, the Constitutional Referendum, 2011. Photo Credit: the author.... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2011 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Amr Al Shalakany's Series of Unfortunate Events: An Essay on Military...

  

  Military observe and control a protest in Tahrir Square, Cairo.Photo Credit, the author. I have spent quite a bit of time writing about the detention of... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Joint Investment Area Between Sudan and Egypt

  

  Photo Credit, BBC News. An African Union soldier surveys an abandoned village in Darfur, 2006. According to Al Masry Al Youm, Sudan and Egypt will be working... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shariah in Egypt and Elsewhere Part Two

  

  Veiled woman with child attends a political rally about the Egyptian Constitution. Location, Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. Photo Credit, the author. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2011 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY