Monthly Archives: January 2012

Samak Laban Tamerind à la Tahrir

Cairo, January 2012- I did not quite know what to expect, I left the dreams, the plans, the assumptions behind me and I just headed to the most famous square in the Middle East, where the blossom of freedom had … Continue reading

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Egypt Revisited

I wrote this piece as guest post for Dr. Robert Danin blog “Middle East Matters.” http://blogs.cfr.org/danin/ Robert Danin is Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies in the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) The Egypt I knew and grew … Continue reading

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The Power of Listening

‘If they won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they won’t listen even if someone rises from the dead.’  Luke 16:31 With hindsight, perhaps these “dark” days were the most influential and indeed beneficial days of my life. The temporarily … Continue reading

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