Obama in Cairo
I wish I had time to comment on this, but instead I will post this article by a friend in Egypt that appeared in today’s New York Times. On NYT’s site On Hossam’s blog (without having to login) (Btw, I don’t think Hossam came up with the title used in the NYT.) Right Time, Wrong [...]
Poor Egyptian pigs
Today, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ordered the slaughter of all pigs in Egypt to combat the swine flu in the country that he undemocratically rules. His orders came while experts are saying that the fear of the disease spreading is not from animal to human, but human to human. Surely this move will not please [...]
Detained in Egypt
My good friend Philip Rizk (pictured on right) has been arrested by Egyptian authorities for organizing a symbolic walk from Cairo to Gaza. Until now his whereabout are unknown exactly, but his family and friends do know that he is still detained. This is Egypt, a close ally of the US, that arrests its citizens [...]
Change will come to Egypt
There is an energy and a general optimism among much of Egypt’s workforce unlike I’ve seen anywhere else. Ask most Egyptians, they will tell you that change will come, it has to. Many others are too used to their US-backed Hosni Mubarak who has ruled for nearly three decades to think that things could ever [...]
Sudanese hip hop in Cairo
It shocked me to see these young Sudanese rappers performing in their Obama t-shirts (the group is about four or five members, some not pictured). What does Obama mean for Sudan or Egypt or anywhere else? Do people really know? I don’t really know, but I am pessimistic that there will be a noticeable change around the [...]
