The best way to ease your mind is to speak it out! This is what Nelson Mandela said in 1998, when announcing the news of his divorce from Winnie, his wife for 30 years, after his release from prison. Whoever tasted injustice knows its bitterness and (...)
While I was about to write my article today about the significance of Laura Chenchila's victory in the presidential election in Costa Rica, the telephone rang in my home on Monday morning and it was my friend – whom I have never seen before – (...)
Barack Hussein Obama has made history since he became the first black person to win a seat in the U.S. Senate and made history for the second time when he won the Democratic Party's nomination for the Presidential election. He has since made more (...)
Never ever fear a nation which examines its actions, and refuses to buck in disclosing its faults and sins. Never ever expect any good from a nation which arrogantly insists on continuing with its mistakes and denying the obvious truth.
Yes, we (...)
Freedom supporters in Egypt are urgently invited to read the following scenario, add their inputs, and get prepared: Mubarak senior or junior goes to the presidential election committee of Heliopolis district in September 2011 to submit his (...)
In Egypt, when you oppose the regime, you will be labeled as either ignorant, a fool, or a hypocrite! If you introduced yourself as an alternative to the head of the regime, you will be labeled as either a criminal or a murderer! Opposing gods would (...)
After the conclusion of the official reception of my trip with Amr Mousa to Gaza on the occasion of opening the first session of the Palestinian National Council, I received an invitation from a Palestinian Member of Parliament to attend a meeting (...)
Like cows, chickens, rabbits and ants, the blood of Egyptian people is cheap, and their dignity is valueless. Why Egyptians were insulted in the Gulf, died in Iraq, and got abused in Libya, Lebanon and most recently beaten in Sudan? Why harming an (...)
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, committed a fallacy while commenting on the Public Prosecutor’s decision to prevent me from traveling to the U.S. last week. He stated that “the prosecutor’s decision has nothing to (...)
Egypt is the land of wonders. The first anniversary of the burning the headquarters of the el-Ghad Party coincides with the fifth anniversary of establishing it. I am astonished by the ability of those involved in burning my office to keep their (...)
Dear friends: it has come to my attention that an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal dated October 26, 2009, entitled “Why Are Egypt’s Liberals Anti-Semitic?†has reportedly quoted me at a conference I was invited to attend in the city of Port (...)
On Tuesday, October 27, Egyptian anti-succession dissidents will hold a press conference at the Center for Socialist Studies. The event will be sponsored by Opinion Prisoners Committee, headed by our colleague Mohamed Abdul Quddus. We will announce (...)
President Mubarak made his first Presidential oath on October 14, 1981. He swore to observe the interests of the country. He said “I†and did not mention “I and my son after me†in his oath. Three days ago, Mubarak completed his 29th year as (...)
On Wednesday, October 14, a group of sincere activists and opposition leaders shall launch the “Egyptian Campaign against Presidential Succession.†One of the main demands to be announced at the founding conference is establishing a “white (...)