Port Said fans blame security, infiltrators for match violence3 February 2012 Egypt football violence: ‘I saw people with knives and swords’2 February 2012 More than 70 dead in Egypt’s worst soccer disaster1 February 2012 Muslim Brotherhood Blocks Protest in Egypt31 January 2012 Al-Azhar battles on several fronts30 January 2012 Activist Read More →
Just a few suggestions of Flickr photostreams to follow, for those who are tracking events in Egypt closely: Hossam el-HamalawySarah CarrM. SheshtawyGigi IbrahimJonathan RashadMaggie OsamaMona Seif
Read More →The videos of ‘scenes from the square’ currently posted on my ‘Revolution Resources’ website… Sunday, 25 December, 2011 Alaa in #tahrir chanting against #SCAF Friday, 23 December, 2011 Protection of Muslims During Prayer in the Square Wednesday, 21 December, 2011 People & Power – Egypt: Return to Tahrir Tuesday, 20 Read More →
I was enormously fortunate to have had the opportunity to use the library of l’Institut d’Egypte (pictured above) in the midst of the research for my most recent book, on the development of modern education in Egypt. I feel particularly fortunate now, given that the venerable institution has fallen victim Read More →
I was interviewed for a piece on the Al-Jazeera English website, examining Coptic perceptions of the upcoming parliamentary elections: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/11/2011112274857809334.html
Read More →I just published an op-ed criticizing Naguib Sawiris: http://www.opencanada.org/features/sedra-sawiris-egypt-revolution/ And my interview with CBC Radio yesterday morning is available as a podcast: http://www.cbc.ca/earlyedition/podcast/2011/11/22/clashes-in-cairo-occupy-vancouver-grey-cup/
Read More →I just contributed a short reflection on my favorite film, Silences of the Palace, and how educators can use Silences to teach about the Arab uprisings, to Jadaliyya: http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/3024/films-for-the-classroom_silences-of-the-palace
Read More →I have just finished reading Amira Nowaira’s latest column on The Guardian’s ‘Comment is free’ website. As is so often the case with the writings of Egyptian liberals on issues of ‘sectarianism,’ the piece is well intentioned but lazily falls back on mischaracterizations of Copts and their concerns. I address Read More →
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