Democracy is many things, and not just ballots cast. The sense that we matter, that we are stake-holders in the society we live in, is a foundation stone. That sense, … [Keep reading >>]
Egyptian security forces and protesters clashed for a second successive day in central Cairo on Wednesday in scenes not seen since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in February.
Riot … [Keep reading >>]
Egypt’s top prosecutor on Tuesday ordered former President Hosni Mubarak to stand trial in connection with the killing of unarmed protesters during the 18-day-revolt that forced him from power, yielding to … [Keep reading >>]
The apparent built-in human readiness to believe anything about the Other is like nitroglycerin carried in egg shells on bad roads. A series of pothole-rumors can set the whole thing off. While … [Keep reading >>]
Ahadaf Soueif, is a Cairo born, Egypt and U.K educated, writer, predominantly of fiction. She got major attention with her novel, A Map of Love which was shortlisted for … [Keep reading >>]
Giving birth in a Muslim hospital where a sign in English reads, ‘Under no circumstance you must be alone with male doctor. Call sister urgently if male doctor approaches you … [Keep reading >>]
This is the latest report from friend Lillie Paquette in Cairo. If you have been following her you remember she was there for a year before the ousting of … [Keep reading >>]
Update:
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From: Lillie Paquette
Date: April 9, 2011 4:10:52 AM PDT
To: Lillie Paquette <
Subject: Re: Back in Egypt!
Sadly, just … [Keep reading >>]
Jim Dwyer, in Saturday’s NY Times, in a column that will surely not get enough attention, pulls the cover off of a couple of very ugly details in our current … [Keep reading >>]
from The Utopia of Cemeteries
Unpainted walls,
stone filled ground
fragile bones not even able to stand
and my bones are stuck in the middle
I am thinking of a small demonstration
to protest against the … [Keep reading >>]
Anyone in the US with a passing knowledge of nonviolent actions knows the name of Gene Sharp. He’s been a fixture since the 60′s, sometimes derisively, with his lists and … [Keep reading >>]
The coup de grace that toppled Hosni Mubarak came after tens of thousands of Egyptian workers went on strike beginning last Tuesday. By Friday, when Egypt’s military leaders apparently decided … [Keep reading >>]
