RSS Feed for EgyptCategory: Egypt

Who Wants Hillary to “Take Off Her Burqa?” »

By Ani on Jul 15, 2009 in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush administration, Current Affairs, Egypt, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Holbrooke, Russia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department | 125 Comments

Tina Brown, Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beast, in her article Obama’s Other Wife, postulates that Hillary is a “brilliant policy wonk,” caring more about the “substance of work than the trappings,” yet the very title of her piece is insulting, indicating Secretary Clinton has completely sublimated herself to the President. At the same time, [...]

Secretary Clinton Assists NC Woman In Reuniting With Her Abducted Daughter (In Egypt) »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 15, 2009 in Current Affairs, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, Women and Children | 51 Comments

Well, those of us who have been following Secretary Clinton’s career know that she is a hard worker, who goes about doing the work that needs doing without the glare of the lights and cameras. I heard about this story from a friend of mine who lives in the same neck of the woods [...]

A Soft Spot »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 1, 2009 in Benjamin Netanyahu, Current Affairs, Egypt, Human Rights, Israel, Palestinians, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Women | 20 Comments

Not too long ago, you may recall, I was on a cruise in the Mediterranean. One of our stops was in Egypt, and we spent the night in Cairo (the ship docked in Alexandria). We had a wonderful tour guide, a young woman named Rasha, seen above. Despite never having left Egypt, [...]

“What is your order, my President?” »

By John Batchelor on May 11, 2009 in Egypt, President Barack Obama | 21 Comments

POTUS to Cairo TV, A Fable.  

The White House announcement that POTUS will stop in smoggy, beggarly, tyrannized Cairo in June to address the Muslim world on TV reminds me of the tale told on the Egyptian president for life Hosni Mubarak and his secret police chief and raconteur Omar Suleiman.  One night, President Mubarak [...]

An inevitable outcome in Gaza »

By Patrick L. Lang on Jan 19, 2009 in Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Palestinians | 41 Comments

(bumped up by Susan)
 
“Hamas officials were set to hold talks in Cairo with Egyptian mediators to hear the Israeli response to proposals put forward by the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip.
Hamas has offered a one-year, renewable truce on condition that all Israeli forces leave Gaza within a week and that all the [...]