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• Initial Thoughts on Shariah Law, Women, and the Muslim Brotherhood

  

  Dear readersMy students had a lively debate in my leadership class yesterday about whether Shariah humiliates women. (By the way, and importantly, they suggeste... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2011 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Police Use Trumped Up Charges Against Law Professor: Update on Amr El Shalakany...

  I am pleased to report that my colleague Amr El Shalakany appears to be fine. According to the AUC Newspaper, The Caravan, Amr El Shalakany, an associate... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Wusool Mahtar (Airport Arrivals)

  

  Article first published as "Travel Tension under Military Rule in Egypt" on Blogcritics.Photo by author of Egyptian Army Soldier at Tahrir squareMy husband... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In the Blood

  

  I went to a conference on refugees and migration at the Tahrir Square Campus of American University on Friday, May 13, 2011. I was chatting with some of the... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2011 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Generation Gap Musical Interlude

  Dear Digital Natives I hope you are not too angry that I called you out on your manners. I am over thirty something, so I guess I am old enough to be cranky.... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2011 MUSIC

• Emily Post for Digital Natives

  

  Dear ReadersIt has come to my attention that everyone is really excited about the Royal Nuptials. Even the Emily Post Institute has a congratulatory message to... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Name is Bond, James Bond

  

  Dear readersIt has come to my attention that some of my students think that I am a spy. I am not sure whether to be flattered, puzzled or mortified. So, my... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Updated Facts on Libyan Crisis: Week of May 1, 2011

  May 1, 2011. NYT reports that three of MG's grandchildren were killed. Cannot believe that Ghadaffi's grandchildren were killed. I am really sad about that. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Update on Amr El Shalakany Via Twitter

  22.19 p.m. April 30th.nalytweets naly Amr Shalakany transferred from military to ordinary prosecution in El Tur. #shalakany #amrshalakanydaliabayoumi dalia... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Egyptian Military Arrests AUC Law Professor

  

  Dear readersMy colleague today pointed out that a fellow professor has been arrested by the military. Amr El-Shalakany, a well known law professor, and a facult... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Rain in the Desert

  It has been raining a lot in Egypt. The average rainfall in Cairo is one inch a year. Since March, it has rained four times, yesterday it rained heavily for an... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Back in the MASR

  Dear readersI have been gone for ten days for some much needed rest and relaxation. The last few months have been completely exhilarating, and also completely... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS

• Solidarity Musical Interlude: Sout El Horeya "the Sound of Freedom is Calling"

  University of Texas first year Arabic students sing Sout el Horeya, an anthem of the Egyptian Revolution. I went down to the streets, vowing not to returnAnd... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2011 CURRENT, MUSIC, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Updated Facts on Libyan Crisis: Week of April 11, 2011

  Dear readersThis update is culled from Al Jazeera, the New York Times, the Washington Post and Democracy Now. WMBGaddafi accepted the African Union's road map... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Elevator

  This post previously published at Blogcritics. WMBDear readers, I got on the elevator this morning to go to my office at AUC. I was alone with my coffee. Read more

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

• Political Parties Are the Frameworks of Democracy: Issues in the Transition to...

  Dear readersThese are my notes from the question and answer session of a really amazing lecture I attended at the American University in Cairo, Tahrir Campus.... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Political Issues in the Transition to Democracy in Egypt. Part 1

  Dear readersThese are my notes from a really amazing lecture I attended at the American University in Cairo, Tahrir Campus. The lecture was held on Tuesday,... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Arabist's Account of Army Crackdown on Tahrir

  Dear readersHere, I am reposting the account by Issandr Al Amrani of the Army crackdown on Tahrir Square on Friday/Saturday, April 9, 2011. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Egyptians Need Political Awareness

  Dear readersI attended a lecture at Bassily Auditorium at the AUC New Cairo on April 8, 2011. The speaker was Dr. Amr Hamzawy. Dr. Hamzawy, who irritatingly is... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Army Cracks Down on Protests in Tahrir Square

  Dear ReadersAs you know, there was a massive protest in Tahrir Square yesterday. Local reports suggest as many as one and a half million gathered in the square... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2011 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY