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Other Opinions September 20, 2008

Aid Conditions

I concluded my article last week with a question about the US attempt to make its military aid to Egypt contingent upon conditions relating to democracy. In the following lines,
Other Opinions September 20, 2008

The Doha Debates

I took part last Wednesday in renowned broadcaster Tim Sebastian’s Doha Debates Show, which is shot in the Qatari capital and broadcast monthly on the BBC World channel.
Human RightsMB Blogs September 20, 2008

Sit-in For Releasing Blogger Before Prosecutor General Office

A group of internet activists and bloggers organized a sit-in before the main office of the prosecutor general downtown Cairo on Saturday September 20, 2008
Human RightsTorture September 20, 2008

Rights Center Calls For Probe Into Assaults Against Civilian in Aga

Awlad Al-Ard Organization for Human Rights called for immediate probe into the assault against Ahmad Al-Arnab from Aga city in Daqahliah and ensuring necessary guarantees through the Attorney General of
Reform Issues September 20, 2008

Democracy assistance – new world, new challenges

Timothy Garton Ash is similarly troubled by the challenge of authoritarian capitalism, or capitalist authoritarianism - “the biggest potential ideological competitor to liberal democratic capitalism since the end of communism”
Arts September 20, 2008

Exposing “Obsession”: Truth Over Fear

Summary: • The film opens with the statement that most Muslims do not support terrorism, but immediately sets to work undermining this idea, eventually dropping the pretense altogether.
Arts September 20, 2008

Controversial film on Islam delivered nationwide

Bundled in home-delivered editions of The News & Observer today is a paid insert featuring a controversial DVD on Islam that has stirred anger nationwide. The documentary, "Obsession: Radical Islam’s
Other OpinionsPolitical Islam Studies September 20, 2008

GOP should accept Muslim-Americans

I never expected to spend the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, in the Twin Cities for the Republican National Convention. Many Republicans did not expect a person
Islamic IssuesWomen September 20, 2008

The multiple shades of the hijab

When a US-based television network introduced Ro’ya Zanaty, a veiled Egyptian woman, as part of its "21 and the World is Yours" programme, it portrayed her as a "combination of
Other OpinionsPolitical Islam Studies September 20, 2008

Islam Vs. Secularism on Facebook

CAIRO — Devout Muslims and secularists are using the world’s second largest social networking website Facebook to debate the role of Islam in their societies, reported the Los Angeles Times