We live in a society where unmarried people who live together, are still prosecuted for co-habitation. It is a relic of our Puritan/religious past. A past that saw women forced to wear Scarlet A letters on their shirts, yes, that just wasn't a book. The International Humanist...
Religion has long been a roadblock to progress for women. Other then some religions that worshiped a Mother godessess deity, religion has always opposed equality of women in society. A little known fact today is that the biggest opponents of the right of women to vote, were...
At the most critical moment of the Egyptian people’s revolution against former President Hosni Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and others in Cairo’s Tahrir Square managed to fend off paid thuggery against the revolutionaries in what is known in the media as the...
When Mitt Romey Learned that our ambassador to Libya, Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, died in an incident in the consulate in the city of Benghazi, he seized on a comment made by our embassy in Cairo, six hours before the incident occurred, as a prop for a pretense that...
Interview granted to Koshan Ali Khidhir (Zamanee). Sam Vaknin is an economic and political analyst and the Editor-in-Chief of "Global Politician". Q. What was the main cause of starting Arab revolution, especially in Egypt? SV: In the wake of the Great Recession of...
CAIRO — Egyptian generals offered an unusual apology on Thursday for the killings of protesters in Tahrir Square, the iconic landmark of the country’s revolution, but rejected the demonstrators’ demands for...
Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy has become a household name in the Middle East and sparked a global uproar after a friend posted a photo of her naked on Twitter.It was later posted on Twitter with the hashtag...
CAIRO (AP) – The Arab League voted Saturday to suspend Syria in four days and warned the regime could face sanctions if it does not end its bloody crackdown against anti-government protesters. The decision...
These just in: Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak prevailed over Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Israel decided to apologize to Turkey for "mistakes" committed by the Israeli special forces during the "justified" operation aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla, in which 9...
It was bewildering to see Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, welcoming the Arab spring. It was even more puzzling to see its president, Shimon Peres, repeatedly support and salute these "So called spontaneous" revolutions. But is it really a source of joy and...
opinion by Sameh Habeeb | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 79 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Israel, the Big Powers, and the true New World Order The Jews and their state, Israel, have always sported a pro-colonial predilection, relying on "Big Powers" (Britain, France, then the United States of America) to sort out the Middle-Eastern quagmire in Israel's favor....
Suzanne Mubarak, wife of former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, has agreed to hand over assets to the state after being detained on Saturday as part of a corruption investigation. She will surrender a villa in...
The Prime Minister of Egypt Essam Sharaf, has called an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss lethal clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo. The Egyptian Army says the nearly 200 people arrested, are to face military trial in connection with deadly clash. Ten people...
The Egyptian authorities said at least five people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a sectarian clashes between Christians and Muslims. The clashes are said to have begun when Muslims surrounded a Coptic church to free a woman allegedly held against her will...
Hello all my fellow reader! I'm sorry for not being able to write for soooooo long…its juts that I did TOO much in the past few days. The American University in Cairo hosted the first ever Startup Weekend Cairo, which kicked off this last Thursday, meticulously organized by...
opinion by TripleM | 2 years ago 281 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments