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Author Archives: nervana111
Egyptian Aak: Week 20
(Photo via the Brotherhood’s website, Ikhwanweb) Main Headlines Monday Activist Ahmed Douma charged with insulting president Morsi ‘Black Bloc solidarity’ protesters released Investors banned from owning land along Suez Canal Armed Forces respond to Al-Wasat remarks Tribal leader proposes Bedouin … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged Egypt, Egypt's army, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Sabbahi, Sinai, Sissi, Tamarod, Wheat
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Sinai and the New Naksa
Forty-six years ago, in what Egyptians describe as the Naksa, Egypt lost Sinai to Israel during the 6-Days War. Egypt is now witnessing a new Naksa episode. Naksa 2 is unfolding in which Sinai is gradually slipping out of control of … Continue reading
Rise of Radical Jihadists Setback for Syria
This image of the Omar al-Farouq brigade was taken from the group’s website; Syrian Sunni rebel Khalid al-Hamad, who mutilated a corpse, is a member of the brigade. I wrote this piece for Al-Monitor, look forward to your comments. The … Continue reading
Egyptian Aak. Week 19
Main Headlines Monday Egypt’s PM Qandil caught in a gunfire Gunmen kill alcohol seller in Sinai Egyptian Army destroy 154 tunnels to Gaza Brotherhood and opposition clash in Kafr al-Sheikh Islamists quit Aboul Fotouh’s Strong Party Armed men attack police … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged Al-Qaeda, Egypt, middle-east, Morsi, politics, Qandil, Suez Canal
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A Brief Introduction To The Iranian Election
(Photo of Iran’s presidential candidates via Twitter) For many Arabs, Iran is an Islamic dictatorship that is deviously trying to manipulate the internal politics of many Arab countries from the Gulf States, particularly Bahrian to Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria. For … Continue reading
Egypt’s New Cabinet: More of the Same
I wrote this piece for Al-Monitor Tuesday’s Cabinet reshuffle [May 7] shed little light on Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s leadership and what the Muslim Brotherhood’s plan is for Egypt, at least for the next few months. In the eyes of … Continue reading
Hezbollah and the Golan
(Photo of Hasssan Nasrallah, via Kabobfest.com) In his first televised speech after the Israeli strikes on Syria, Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, made two interesting remarks. First that Syria will supply Israeli arch enemy, Hezbollah, with “game changing arms.” Second, “the resistance … Continue reading
By snubbing Copts on their holiest day, Egypt’s Morsi failed as President
(Coptic Pope Tawadros II, as he arrives to celebrate Easter mass at Cairo’s main cathedral on May 4, 2013. Reuters) This piece was published yesterday in The Globe And Mail, here is another copy in case you missed it. On late Saturday, … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Islam
Tagged coptic pope, Copts, Egypt, Islam, Morsi, Mulsim Brotherhood, Pope Tawadros
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Egyptian Aak. Week18
(Photo: May Day protest in Cairo, via Daily News Egypt) Main Headlines Monday Key Egyptian negotiator with the IMF resigns Egypt walks out of round of global nuclear talk in protest: Egypt court overturns suspension of Sheik Mazhar Shaheen Tuna … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged #Syria, Egypt, middle-east, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, politics, Sabbahi
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‘Non’- Romantic Sectarianism
If your Lord had pleased, surely all those who are on the earth would have believed, all of them; will you then force men till they become believers? __ Quran 10.99 Originally published in Daily News Egypt Beni Suef– A story of … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Islam, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Copts, Egypt, Islam, Islamism, Islamists
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