Just a quick note after getting up here in Cairo to say how excited I am about today: This is the first and only Friday I’ll spend in town, and there is a major demonstration against sectarian hatred planned for Tahrir Square. This is, at least in part, why I Read More →
There is much hand wringing in Egypt at the moment about the decision of Copts to mount a protest in front of the Radio and Television Building in the center of Cairo. The subtext of much of this anxious commentary is that Copts are merely playing into the hands of Read More →
This was a difficult day. I awoke to the news of the lives lost to sectarian violence the night before in Muqattam. In light of this, rather than head directly to the Radio and Television Building where Copts have protested the burning of a Helwan church for the past several Read More →
I promised I’d record at least a few of my initial impressions here, though I must confess that I’m quite literally a zombie, having caught only minutes of sleep on the Frankfurt-Cairo leg of the journey. So I’m aiming for a minimum of coherence in what follows. Perhaps the least Read More →
Remarkable images have flowed from Egypt all day, of ordinary Egyptians taking control of State Security buildings, discovering efforts to cover up crimes, and safeguarding whatever documents they can recover to secure justice against their former torturers. Here are a few of the most striking: Citizens Protecting State Security Documents Read More →
I just gave a talk at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee entitled “Revolution in Egypt: Sights, Sounds, Significance,” and faced the impossible task of deciding which sights and sounds the students just had to experience. The following were the ones I ultimately decided on, but I welcome Read More →
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In light of current discussions regarding ‘liberal’ intervention in Libya, I thought I might post an essay on this topic that I originally published in July 2009 in The Toronto Star… In his May speech to Canadian troops in Kandahar, Prime Minister Stephen Harper reflected on our military’s impact on Read More →
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