Meanwhile…
In Syria.
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Geting to know…
…new Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.
Continue reading →The BBC criticizes itself
At least a little, anyway. I’m not sure whether this signifies a thing, really. It may just be a tiny bit of window dressing. But nevertheless: The BBC’s coverage of the Arab Spring has been heavily criticised ”“ by the … Continue reading →
Egypt: how the Muslim Brotherhood conned both the revolutionaries and the military
Caroline Glick explains.
Continue reading →“New” Egyptian crisis
When I saw the headline for this article—“Egypt analysts warn of new political crisis brewing”—I clicked on it because I actually thought for a moment that it meant there was a new crisis brewing in Egypt. But of course, it’s … Continue reading →
Egypt: Court dissolves Parliament
Barry Rubin offers a look at recent events in an Egypt filled with turmoil: The Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court has just invalidated the parliamentary election there. The parliament, 75 percent of whose members were Islamists, is being dissolved. The military … Continue reading →
Mubarak gets…
…a sentence of life imprisonment. Probably a rather short sentence, considering that the former president is 84 and ill. Predictably, protests erupted from some Egyptians wanting blood. The protestors, of course, are vocal and loud and get a lot of … Continue reading →
The glorious Egyptian revolution…
…seems to be going the way of most glorious revolutions—not well (although I suppose it depends who’s doing the judging). It’s fifty-fifty between the Muslim Brotherhood and a Mubarak surrogate in the first round of voting: In what many described … Continue reading →
Michael Totten on Tunisia
Intrepid Middle East traveler and reporter extraordinaire Michael Totten has a new post up about radical Islamists in Tunisia.
Continue reading →Meanwhile, in the wider the world…
…Syria is in an uproar. Sound familiar? As with similar situations before, the rebels can easily be overpowered by the government, if their numbers don’t reach a critical mass, and if the army and police stay loyal to ruler Assad. … Continue reading →
Egypt’s Christians not having a Merry Christmas
John Hinderaker has an update. Hinderaker writes that the story of the post-revolution mistreatment of Christians in Egypt has been “mysteriously underreported.” I’m not sure what’s so mysterious about it: most of the MSM has a very short attention span, … Continue reading →
Muslim Brotherhood doing well in Egyptian elections: is anyone surprised?
Early election results indicate the Muslim Brotherhood is doing well in Egypt: The party formed by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s mainstream Islamist group, appeared to have taken about 40 percent of the vote, as expected. But a big surprise was … Continue reading →