Mideast Christians and Authoritarian Regimes

by Mark Movsesian

Message to the West: Don't Judge Continue Reading »

30 Jun 2015 0

Egypt’s President Visits Copts on Christmas Eve

by Mark Movsesian

Past presidents have visited the cathedral, but none has attended a Christmas liturgy. Continue Reading »

7 Jan 2015 0

President Sisi’s Speech

by Mark Movsesian

Did Egypt’s president just call for a radical rethinking of Islam? Continue Reading »

5 Jan 2015 0

Egypt’s New Constitution

by Carl Scott

Via The Arabist , I found this primer on the new Egyptian constitution, by one Zaid Al-Ali at Open Democracy . Very thorough, and plausibly seeking to lay out the good news and the bad, from a broadly liberal perspective. The summation: Altogether, in comparison with Egypt’s constitutional . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Dec 2012 0

Civil War in Egypt?

by Carl Scott

Super-busy week for me, can’t possibly keep up with rapidly changing Egypt developments, but signs suggest a civil war in the making: From a Guardian story, we learn that Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Alexandria and Mansoura were ransacked and in the case of latter, set on fire, prompting . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Nov 2012 0

More Morsi

by Carl Scott

Here’s depressing but not-to-be-missed editorial from Jonathan Tobin at Commentary . He’s not as open as I think he should be to the possibilities that a) Morsi might really intend to give up his extraordinary powers in three months, and that b) regardless of his intentions, . . . . Continue Reading »

26 Nov 2012 0

Morsi’s Power Grab

by Carl Scott

If you want to bark back at the legacy media praise of the cease-fire our president recently had a hand in arranging, then this Powerline piece , emphasizing the assertion of emergency-powers by Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi in the immediate aftermath of his role in that cease-fire, is just . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Nov 2012 0

A Defender, Not A Democracy-Extender?

by Carl Scott

Or how should we describe Mitt Romney foreign-policy wise? Is he a neo-con? A neo-neo-con? Honestly, I don’t know. I think Peter’s “Mender not an Ender” is the perfect description of the candidate domestically, “Blast from the Past , Mormon Version” is the . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Oct 2012 0

Egyptian Election Results: Panic Time for “Arabist” Liberals?

by Carl Scott

The Arabist is a good site for monitoring what’s happening Egypt-wise. It’s run by a set of smart analysts, who in American terms, we can label as liberal, anti-Bush/”neo-con”, and critical of Israel. They think Juan Cole is a worthy of their brief blogroll, for example. . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Dec 2011 0