Anti-Austerity Protests in Israel This may come as a surprise for those who thought that anger over austerity plans was a sentiment confined to Europe. However, in Israel public frustration over rising living costs has been growing for some time. Never before had so many demonstrators taken part in street protests like in 2011; with [...]
Tag Archives: Egypt
Signs of the NY Times: The legacy of Malala. The silver lining of the Iraq war? Ag-Gag is winning. Authoritarian state media. Friedman on Morsi.
In case anyone thinks the girls’ education crisis in Pakistan has been solved or has even died down since Malala survived the attack by the Taliban and, in the process, gained so much sympathy and publicity for the cause. In the past two weeks alone, two teachers, both of whom had met with Malala in [...]
Signs of the NY Times: Asylum in Germany? Morsi visits Obama. Obama’s failed foreign policy. Clear skies over Japan.
Op-Ed Columnist Roger Cohen has written a scathing criticism, couched as book review, of Obama’s foreign policy during his first term. “The Dispensable Nation” by Vali Nasr, the ex-White House advisor and current dean at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, comes down hard on the President for letting electoral pandering affect foreign policy, [...]
Two years after the Revolution: Egypt in Turmoil
It’s been two years, since Egypt’s landmark revolution. Since then, the country has often been referred to as the most successful example of the Arab Spring; a reputation that is now at risk. The world, and the west in particular, looked on cautiously as the Muslim Brotherhood emerged victorious in Egypt’s first democratic presidential election [...]
Egypt: Uprising commemoration unleashes death and destruction
Eyewitness accounts collected by Amnesty International in Egypt point to the unnecessary use of lethal force by security forces during a weekend of clashes with demonstrators. After three days of violence that claimed at least 45 lives and led to more than 1,000 injured, Amnesty International called for end to excessive force by security forces, [...]
Signs of the NY Times: Toilets for India. Intervention in Mali. Sanctions for Rwanda. Patience for Egypt.
Op-Ed contributor Rose George reports that stigma and superstition surrounding menstruation in India is shaming girls from staying in school. Research into the high dropout rate of pubescent girls – 23% of Indian girls quit school upon reaching puberty – point to one other factor: sanitation. 650 million Indians still lack toilets, and this problem [...]
Press Review: Counterfeit medicine creates health crisis in Africa & Women in Egypt fight sexual harassment
Five-thousand residents of a Peruvian mining town are being forced from their homes after a Chinese company buys the mountain they live on and plans to remove its mineral-rich peak. The mountain, Toromocho, is valued at $50 billion. [The Guardian] A health crisis is taking shape in Africa as counterfeit medicine from China that contains [...]
Signs of the NY Times: Russia’s future. Egypt’s now. South Africa’s recent past.
Op-Ed columnist Thomas Friedman has sent Putin’s Russia a warning in a recent column. The authoritarian government at the hands of Putin is too oppressive to encourage the innovation needed to diversify the oil-heavy economy as oil output inevitably drops over the next two decades. Despite attempts at promoting high-tech industries, entrepreneurs need more assurances [...]
Signs of the NY Times: Referendum in Cairo. Asian garment factory fires spawn progress? A mess in Mali.
In a December 6 editorial, the NY Times is advocating that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi postpone this Saturday’s referendum on a disputed draft constitution. Whereas the draft constitution goes considerably far in meeting some of the revolution’s basic demands, the charter is weak on equal rights – particularly for women – and much of the [...]
Egypt under Morsi: Time for reform
Following 18 days of protests, in early 2011 Hosni Mubarak’s oppressive 30-year rule came to a dramatic end. Power was handed to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), charged with leading the country until democratic elections were held. Despite initial hope of significant human rights reform, when our researchers visited Egypt during SCAF’s [...]
Middle East News Roundup
Egypt The traffic in Cairo is notorious; and anyone who has ever visited the capital, knows that it is not the safest place for drivers or pedestrians alike. Thousands of people die as a result of road accidents every year. Very basic traffic rules are simply disregarded. The dangerous situation on the streets of Cairo [...]
Signs of the NY Times: A catastrophic gas subsidy. Women’s rights in Afghanistan. Censorship in Egypt.
A carbon-credit program completely backfires. Justice for at least one Afghan woman. Censorship as usual in Egypt. Oil and money flow between Sudan and South Sudan.
