Alabama to Egypt in 50 years

Egyptian Activists Inspired by Forgotten Martin Luther King Comic

By Andy Khouri, February 11th 2011 While the world’s political pundits debate the role the United States has played in the historical events presently occurring in Egypt, one activist…  [more]

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Fairly unbalanced

FOX NEWS INSIDER: “Stuff Is Just Made Up”

By Eric Boehlert, February 10, 2011 7:20 am ET   Asked what most viewers and observers of Fox News would be surprised to learn about the controversial cable channel, a former insider from…  [more]

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Inshallah

What Egypt Can Teach America

By Nicholas D. Kristof, February 12, 2011 It’s a new day in the Arab world — and, let’s hope, in American relations to the Arab world. The truth is that the United States has been…  [more]

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Palestine is a special case

Egypt’s lessons for Palestine

By Ahmed Moor, 11 Feb 2011 15:20 GMT Global attention is rightly focused on Egypt at the moment. Weeks after Tunisia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali withdrew his proboscis and fled to Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian…  [more]

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Contagion of euphoria

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl7H12cYBZ8[/tube] Ken O’Keefe‘s tribute to the revolutionaries of Tunisia and Egypt, featuring celebrations today in Gaza.

Professor Lawrence Davidson Discusses Egypt, the U.S., and Israel

By Kathleen Wells, J.D. Lawrence Davidson says, “Keep your eye on the language: When  [more]

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February 11, 2010 CE

Today, we are all Egyptians! Dug my old tarboush out of storage to join the celebration. Vive la Revolución!!! [more]

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The power of humiliation

I normally don’t – won’t – re-post anything by Mr. Friedman, but in this op-ed, in a single sentence, there is a powerful warning for every oppressor of those blighted spots on this planet where people yearn for their certain…  [more]

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