Imperial liberalism not only reinforced lines of fracture in local social fabrics, but often engineered them, by inventing traditions and mythological pasts, linguistic and ethnic groupings. To this day a majority of Copts subscribe to the “Hamitic Hypothesis”: that Copts are a separate race...
Posts tagged "mubarak"
Religious Ghettoization of Egypt
Nov 18, 2011
From Marc Michael's "Is liberalism killing the copts?" at Al Jazeera:
Friday’s Reflections: Egypt Rises…And Triumphs
Feb 13, 2011
Yasmin Moll: After 30 years of autocratic rule, Mubarak stepped down today. The announcement came around 6 pm Cairo time. I had just finished giving an interview to a documentary filmmaker where I expressed great fear that Mubarak will continue to defy the demands of millions of Egyptians and cling to power. I have never been...
We Are All Egyptians
Feb 8, 2011
by Yasmin Moll
There are tens of thousands of Egyptians in Tahrir today. And there are millions of Egyptians who are not.
If we believe some international media outlets and domestic opposition papers, these groups make up two distinct camps: those for democracy and those for Mubarak. And if we believe the state press, the dividing line...
Whose Revolution Is It Anyway?
Feb 4, 2011
Slate gives us a don't-miss slideshow of Mubarak's biggest U.S. fans. Gawker tallies up the conspiracy theories they're spinning.
Mubarak’s Reality: Baksheesh
Feb 4, 2011
Hosni Mubarak didn't contrive his I'm the preventer of chaos reality all alone. The tyrannical dictator of Egypt, who today told ABC's Christiane Amanpour that he'd love to step down but can't, has for three decades been appreciated (both politically and financially) by the West for what he is not: another critical voice...
Cairo Cops
Feb 2, 2011
My friend, Sam, who live son a houseboat on the Nile writes:
As the protesters marched forward some policemen were left behind. About half a dozen or so jumped the fence onto the property next door. They were terrified. These were not the the boys with the riot gear. They were 40 something officers with stars...
