Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Egypt’s president Mursi upsets Assad regime as he backs the rebel forces.

A real bombshell in Tehran today as Mohammed Mursi told a summit in Tehran that Assad’s was a oppressive regime and everyone there has a d...

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Just To Remind You

At last Egypt has a democratically elected president, Mohammad Morsi, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. This is not a surprise if you pa...

Monday, June 18, 2012

Egypt: Eating Shit or Revolution?

There's been a creative explosion of graffiti in Cairo post-January 25 "Given a choice between eating shit or eating shit, most Egy...

Monday, November 21, 2011

Egypt: More Work To Do

Praying in Tahrir Square Back in February, I concluded my piece on Egypt with this remark: " Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if the ju...

Friday, February 18, 2011

Arab Spring

I wrote a post at the start of this month about the Year of Revolutions, 1848, and its paralells with now. To read it and reflect on the eve...

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Egypt's Revolution: Killing the Father?

Egyyptian women demonstrating in the 1919 uprising against the British. Photo: Wikimedia Commons As you already know if you are a regular re...

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

2011: Springtime of the Peoples

Set during the Paris uprising of 1848, Flaubert's novel Sentimental Education explores lessons in love and friendship. It was published ...

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Egypt: Your Enemy is in the Mirror

Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, assassinated in 1981. Astrology tells us that the assassination of President Anwar Sadat back in 1981 link...