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Cold Winds in Cairo

From On November 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Lobe Log

When I was living in Cairo, the transition to winter was sometimes smooth. The beastly oven of summer changed slowly into a bearable fall of cool-warm. The fall moved from the cool-warm to a few weeks of cold, or at least what was cold to Egypt. These were smooth changes. It [...]

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Egyptians Protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Following Mubarak Verdict

From On June 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Think Progress

Thousands of Egyptians poured into the streets on Saturday, a day after a court sentenced former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to a life prison sentence, enraging protesters who hoped to see the fallen strongman receive the death penalty for his failure to stop the killing of protesters during Egypt’s [...]

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Emad in IHT: Will Smiles Last for Egyptian Labor?

From On February 15, 2011 · 2 Comments

Our colleague Emad Mekay has a piece on Egyptian labor in today’s International Herald Tribune, the global edition of the New York Times.

The role of labor was crucial in Egyptians’ popular efforts to oust Hosni Mubarak, perhaps the bale of straw that broke the U.S.-supported dictator’s back. Naturally, organizers and activists are glowing. But will [...]

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Why Washington Clings to a Failed Middle East Strategy

From On January 31, 2011 · 2 Comments

By Gareth Porter

The death throes of the Mubarak regime in Egypt signal a new level of crisis for a U.S. Middle East strategy that has shown itself over and over again in recent years to be based on nothing more than the illusion of power.   The incipient loss of the U.S. client regime in [...]

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Cairo Dispatch: Did Mubarak Play the Security Card?

From On January 29, 2011 · 2 Comments

The following are lightly edited notes from a conversation over the phone with IPS correspondent and LobeLog contributor Emad Mekay in Egypt. Check out all our news coverage of Egypt and Emad’s other dispatches, and a story for the wire late Friday night.

I LOOK OUTSIDE AND IT’S HAPPENING, WITH A [...]

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Cairo Dispatch: Diverse Crowds Demand Changes

From On January 28, 2011 · 2 Comments

The following is a set of edited notes from a conversation between myself and IPS’s correspondent in Egypt, Emad Mekay, who was filing dispatches for LobeLog until the Internet went down. He was on the streets of downtown Cairo today until just after the curfew, when he returned home and we chatted by phone.

Slow-building [...]

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The Daily Talking Points

From On January 28, 2011 · 6 Comments

News and views on U.S.-Iran relations for January 28:

The Atlantic: Jeffrey Goldberg lists his observations on the ongoing events in Egypt and mentions that friends of his, like FDD fellow Reuel Marc Gerecht, advocate that democratically elected Islamist governments might be part of a “long-term process of gradual modernization.” But [...]

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Al Jazeera's Live Coverage from Cairo

From On January 28, 2011 · 1 Comment

Al Jazeera is getting amazing footage from Cairo, where they are continuing to report live, and running recently recorded reports from elsewhere in Egypt.  The network’s internet stream is sometimes overloaded but it’s well worth watching if you can get the webpage to load. This is by far the best coverage of the rapidly evolving [...]

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Egypt Dispatch: Mobile phones, internet down

From On January 28, 2011 · 1 Comment

I just spoke by landline with Emad Mekay, at home just outside Cairo. Here’s my notes from our brief conversation. I’ll update later if we’re able to get back in touch.

No internet for quite some while.

The mobile phone networks are down. These are private companies; Vodaphone is British.

I didn’t imagine that [...]

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More Protests in Egypt Calling for Mubarak's Ouster

From On January 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Egyptian police started beating up journalists protesting outside the Press Syndicate in downtown Cairo. They beat up women journalists, too, who were screaming and crying for help. “Do not club women. Do not attack women,” some of the men rushed to the police asking them not to target women. “You’ll make things worse if you [...]

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