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Articles of the author Ahmed El Sawi
Honoring Bouazizi
Tunisian President Zein al-Abidine Ben Ali fled his country at night with no guards or official processions. As he sought refuge elsewhere, friends and allies turned him away for fear of being viewed as harboring a former dictator. Will other (...)

16 - 01 - 2011
On foreign conspiracies
When I left Cairo a few days after the New Year's Eve blast, rumors were spreading of a possible conspiracy involving the Mossad and other foreign agents. On arriving in Khartoum, I heard the same conspiracy discourse by the Sudanese government (...)

12 - 01 - 2011
Al-Bashir''s Islam aids the cause of southern secession
Despite his bigoted politics, it appears that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is hoping for--if not actively working towards--the independence of southern Sudan, as evidenced by his Sunday announcement that southern secession would only serve to (...)

27 - 12 - 2010
It''s now up to the street
Egypt's controversial new parliament has convened in business-as-usual fashion despite the opposition's accusations that the new house is illegitimate and must be dissolved. Truth be told, there hasn't been a single Egyptian parliament in the last (...)

15 - 12 - 2010
Kudos to the NDP
The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) stands to win a landslide victory in Egypt's parliamentary elections, though I write these lines before the official announcement of the results, slated for Tuesday. I cannot yet confirm nor deny the (...)

29 - 11 - 2010
The real election battle
If a visitor to this country saw all the campaign banners that presently fill the streets and the election headlines that dominate media reporting, he would most certainly conclude that there is a fierce battle being fought between competing parties (...)

23 - 11 - 2010
Where is ElBaradei?
Many people are asking why reform advocate Mohamed ElBaradei has suddenly vanished from the political scene. Some are in search of genuine answers and others pose the questions sarcastically to ridicule the man whose efforts have sent ripples (...)

14 - 11 - 2010
An Arab WikiLeaks?
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks (an international group that publishes anonymously submitted secret government documents), would probably be an unwelcome guest in Cairo and much of Arab world. Paradoxically, the work of his organization, (...)

25 - 10 - 2010
Where is Gamal Mubarak?
The late journalist Magdi Mehanna used to say that Gamal Mubarak has made himself into an object of guesswork. His emergence on the political scene, much like his absence, never fails to fuel questions about his political motives. Gamal's recent (...)

17 - 10 - 2010
Behind the Bishoy dispute
Recent tensions between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, following Coptic priest Father Bishoy's comments questioning the authenticity of certain Quranic verses, makes me wonder why the media covered the conference where the statements were (...)

27 - 09 - 2010
Who bankrolled Gamal Mubarak''s Washington trip?
Many are asking why Gamal Mubarak accompanied his father on an official visit to Washington for the launch of direct talks between the Palestinians and Israelis. In what capacity did he go? Was he a member of the official delegation? Gamal Mubarak's (...)

06 - 09 - 2010
Teen''s death a lesson in public pressure
The case of Khaled Saeed, the young man who was allegedly killed by police officers in Alexandria, captures the shifting relationship between security services and the Egyptian public. The police's denial of the charge and insistence on tarnishing (...)

15 - 06 - 2010
Is ElBaradei a serious alternative?
Mohamed ElBaradei did not begin this new public outcry for political change with his personal ideologies and goals. Rather, the known electoral contender's speeches brought to the public's ears a suppressed topic in Egypt: the complete absence of an (...)

07 - 06 - 2010
Winds of war
What is the meaning of Israel's withdrawal of its special forces from its border patrols in the south of the country, and transferring them to “more heated fronts,” as an Israeli military spokesperson described it? One can view the matter as a (...)

23 - 05 - 2010
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