Egyptian Generals’ Group Drops Planned Talks With U.S. Lawmakers

Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — An Egyptian military delegation visiting Washington canceled talks with U.S. senators because the group was called home amid a dispute over charges against American pro-democracy workers, according to three U.S. senators. The generals were scheduled to meet as early as yesterday with senators including Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat who heads [...]

Written on February 8, 2012 | Posted in News

The Awakening

The Arab Spring was a victory for Islam. Should that scare us? There was a time in Cairo, just a few months ago, when it was considered slightly outré to suggest that Egypt’s religious conservatives might take advantage of Hosni Mubarak’s demise to engineer their way into power. We were told that battalions of tweeting [...]

Written on December 26, 2011 | Posted in News