Home » 2011 » JanuaryAs people across Egypt continued resisting and rising against the brutal dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak, it is quite clear they will not stop until he goes. Quite clear to everyone,…
January 31, 2011 / 1 Comment / Read MoreSome guy named Percy Shelley once said poets were the “unacknowledged legislators of the world.” So, I’m thinking maybe Percy’s been hanging out in Canton, Ohio with Andrew Rihn, author…
January 31, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreI have just finished watching an interview from al-Jazeera with former U.S. diplomat to Egypt, Frank Wisner. My gut reaction was anger at the culpability of the U.S. government, not…
January 31, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreOn 13 January 2011, Hillary Clinton, in the background of the then evolving Tunisian Revolution, criticised Arab leaders for lack of political reform and widespread corruption in their countries, warning…
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The fall of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali has resonated across the Arab world, and in particular among young Middle Easterners, the majority of whom have lived under authoritarian rule for…
January 31, 2011 / 3 Comments / Read More BEIRUT — This observer tends to get a haircut about every four months whether I need it or not. But this morning I got more than a trim from my…
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No one anticipated that an internet campaign for a “Day of Wrath” in Egypt would have a turnout beyond what the organizers would have hoped in their wildest dreams. No…
January 29, 2011 / 3 Comments / Read More This is the second article in a series about polyglots on the internet (Part 1 here). I sent email to polyglots I found on YouTube, Facebook, and elsewhere on the…
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