It seems that many American policy-makers and think tanks are unaware that Egypt has had a revolution. Even after the fall of Mubarak, they still want us to keep his domestic and foreign policies.They still handle Egyptian affairs in the same (...)
It appears we need to agree not only on major issues of controversy, but also on the meanings of the terms that we use. These days, many Egyptians are using the same concepts to mean different things. Take for instance the term “civil state”, which (...)
Obama's speech to the Arab world last week was marked by an interesting paradox. On the one hand, the tone and content of the speech were predictable, but on the other hand it raised more questions than answers for its Arab audience.
Obama's speech (...)
Last week, at a meeting I was invited to with the liberal Democratic Front Party, a young party member demanded an end to Egyptian parliamentarians' habit of providing services to their constituents to buy political support. He stressed the need to (...)
Last week's events raised a number of paradoxes that are worth reflecting on. While economy pages, especially in Egyptian state-run newspapers, touted the rise in exports and the World Bank's praise for Egypt's economic growth, accident pages told a (...)
Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei deserves a great deal of respect for his insistence on expressing his support for his fellow Egyptians who believe that Egypt deserves a better future. ElBaradei could have chosen to retire from politics after a successful (...)
Obama's vehemently pro-Israeli speech at the annual conference of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was not surprising. What was surprising was the shock and disappointment it provoked in the Arab World. Obama has made clear (...)
Barack Obama reminds me of Howard Dean. Of course, Obama speaks like a prophet and Howard Dean is most famous for his scream. As a presidential candidate, Dean was blunt and almost oblivious to political calculations, while Obama is politically (...)
Hillary Clinton is in trouble. Nothing seems to work for her campaign. Obama's positions are not much different than hers but he has a clear edge.
What he has going for him is a movement rather than simply a successful campaign strategy. Obama as (...)
Hillary Clinton's remark on Martin Luther King's role in the success of the American civil rights movement triggered a firestorm in the US and world press. Clinton said that Dr King's dream "began to be realized when President Johnson passed the (...)
The defeat of two of the most sympathetic US lawmakers to the Arab cause was a setback for Arab, Muslim, African Americans and the Democratic Party, argues Manar El Shorbagy*
In the two United States Congressional primary campaigns that were decided (...)
With the imminent changing nature of US assistance to Egypt from an aid to trade basis, Egypt needs to lobby US policy-making circles in order to redefine its status in US economic and political relations, writes Manar El-Shorbagy*
US foreign aid (...)