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CuriosityCat: Egypt: Significant economic argument for protecting women’s rights
Egypt in turmoil The latest draft constitution that President Morsi is trying to force through contains restrictions on the right of Egyptian women to participate in the economy of that country: Article 10 is also quite problematic for women’s rights. It retains elements of the 1971 Constitution, stating “The state
Continue readingLeDaro: Egypt’s President Trying to Make Himself a Pharaoh
Morsi, the Egyptian president, was doing well after negotiating the cease-fire between Gaza and Israel, showed he and his country were playing a constructive role in the region. Though, after that, he seemed to think he was Superman, that he could do anything. He made decrees, tried to overturn the
Continue readingRedBedHead: Egypt: Morsy Struggles To Get Out Of Crisis
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Continue readingRedBedHead: Egypt: Between Victory & Danger
The situation is moving fast in Egypt and it’s hard to get a sense for what is happening on the ground. News media is reporting that President Morsy, 24 hours after saying he would change nothing, has agreed to postpone the constitutional referendum scheduled for December 15. No details have
Continue readingRedBedHead: Egypt: Between Victory & Danger
The situation is moving fast in Egypt and it’s hard to get a sense for what is happening on the ground. News media is reporting that President Morsy, 24 hours after saying he would change nothing, has agreed to postpone the constitutional referendum scheduled for December 15. No details have
Continue readingRedBedHead: Egypt: "A Real Uprising Against The Muslim Brotherhood"
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Continue readingRedBedHead: Egypt In The Balance
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Continue readingCuriosityCat: Egypt: Civil war starting?
Egypt on the brink Check Aljazeera if you want to find out what is happening in the streets of Cairo right now. CNN and MSNBC are asleep at the switch yet again. Mobs are moving through the streets, with violent clashes breaking out. Morsi mobs have torn down tents of
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Egypt: Will the colonels now step in?
Whither Egypt?Egypt is in turmoil, with secular forces facing Islamic forces in the streets, and mobs gathering outside the High Court:But the credibility of the referendum was questioned when the national Judges Club indicated late Sunday that the ju…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Gaza & The Not So Slow Decline Of Israel
Not alone any more: Egyptian protestors in Tahrir last year In some ways what just went down in Gaza was business as usual. Israel provoked a mini-war with Gaza killing a leading Hamas politician (who was, in fact, the chief negotiator for a long term ceasefire with Israel) after engaging
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is America Now Okay With the Post-Mubarak Egypt?
Did Benjamen Netanyahu just rebuild America’s relationship with Egypt?After the fall of the brutal, murderous Mubarak regime, many American pols seemed genuinely distraught when a candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Morsi, was elected the f…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Israel’s terms for a Gaza ceasefire?
Gaza stripSome reports have spelled out the terms Israel has tabled for a ceasefire in Gaza.Here is one summaryof those rumoured terms:According to reports in Cairo, these are the conditions for a ceasefire set forth by Israel: 1. A lull for a pe…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Arab Revolutions Put Iran Attack On Back Foot
There can be little doubt that the Arab revolutions have already transformed the Middle East and look set to continue and deepen that transformation. Dictators in Tunisia, Yemen and, most spectacularly thus far, Egypt have gotten the boot. In Tunisia and Egypt the working class played a sizeable role in
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: ‘The Innocence of Muslims’: Bacile film all about insult and provocation
Sam Bacile, an alleged California property developer is reportedly behind the film The Innocence of Muslims that sparked recent attacks on US missions in Libya and Egypt. Bacile – a self-described Israeli Jew – claims the movie cost $5 million to make. It was allegedly financed by 100 mysterious donors.
Continue readingMorsi’s brave initiative
Egypt and Iran have barely been on speaking terms for some time. An Egyptian leader hasn’t visited Tehran since the Islamic revolution in 1979. But new president Mohamed Morsi intends to change that. This week he is attending the Non-Aligned Movement summit hosted by Iran. Apparently, Morsi’s visit will be
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