Opinion
Disclaimer: I am TOTALLY against the arbitrary and virtually unchecked power that the army is exhibiting on the streets of Egypt. Moreover, locking up activists while there are FAR more pressing security concerns goes beyond negligence – it’s borderline criminal. If the protests scheduled for Friday, May 27 were called SOLELY to address this dereliction [...]
Continue reading about A Breakdown: Why I will NOT be in Tahrir on #May27
Today, many across Egypt’s blogosphere are writing posts aimed at “exposing” the Supreme Council of Armed Forces, the executive body heading the post-revolutionary transition. The impetus for this virtual mobilization is the SCAF’s recent heavy handedness in response to protests across Egypt along with the absurd media blackout it instituted on several acts of violence [...]
Continue reading about Tepid defense of Egypt’s SCAF & firm critique of #May27
Barring the occasional Royal Wedding, spectacles that garner global media coverage are almost exclusively unforeseen and rarely non-violent. Over the past few months, developments in the Middle East and North Africa have underscored this truism time and again. This week, one of the region’s most notorious son’s once more proved the rule. It’s not often [...]
