UPDATE: Thanks to Elder of Ziyon for figuring out a way to copy the above map. Some of you have said that the link below isn’t working, so if you want to see the above online, go here.
As David Axelrod might put it, this is an insult and an affront. Visit the online route map of EgyptAir, the airline owned by the same state which signed an historic peace agreement with Israel in 1979, and you will see, once you click on the “Middle East & Gulf” section, that Israel has, well, disappeared.
Continue reading ‘Egypt’s National Airline Wipes Israel Off the Map’
“While no one here would argue that Israel and its supporters played no role in Mr. Hosny’s defeat to a Bulgarian diplomat, many people said that his failure was at least as much a sign of Egypt’s long, slow slide as the center of Arab culture, thought and influence. They said the defeat might represent a rejection of Muslims and Arabs, but perhaps more importantly a rejection of their authoritarian leaders.”
A fine report from Cairo by the consistently excellent Michael Slackman, here.
From the Egyptian writer and academic researcher of Islamic Affairs, Dr. Sayed Mahmoud El Qemany, who is being exposed to incitements to assassinate him.
In the context of my academic research and practical work I have been able to provide an important set of motion in the stagnant Egyptian situation.
Continue reading ‘An Appeal to the World’s Conscience’
At 6:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, President Obama’s speech hit what the Wall Street Journal’s live bloggers called a “sensitive passage.” This one:
Continue reading ‘Obama’s Audience in Cairo’
Max Hastings doesn’t love Israel or Israelis anymore. That’s the general drift of this article in which starts by describing his coverage of the Yom Kippur War as a war correspondent.
Continue reading ‘Max Hastings Falls Out of Love’
Gustavo Faverón Patriau is a Peruvian academic and literary critic who teaches in the United States. His blog mainly focuses on literature and culture. We’ve commented on it here once before.
Continue reading ‘Why No Protests Against Egypt?’
Antisemitism is rife in Egypt - that much we know. But, as Amr Bargisi points out in a WSJ op-ed today, what’s not so well known is that much of the Jew-hatred emanates from “the pro-democratic and anti-Islamist crowd on which the country’s hopes for a more tolerant future supposedly rest.”
Continue reading ‘Antisemitism Rife in Egyptian Liberal Press’
There follows my response to comments made here about my post on the Yom Kippur War.
Continue reading ‘Surprise’
