Thoughts, articles, and published work.
July 6, 2018
I've read Ezzedine Fishere's article describing how the military will eventually relinquish power. I like Fishere, and I've liked him since he showed up on my TV screen one day and suggested that the…
February 9, 2017
The problems facing Egypt today seem numerous, but that's an illusion. All these problems are just symptoms of one disease; the military dictatorship that has ruled Egypt for more than 60 years.…
December 23, 2014
How long must we endure? It is difficult to take events in Egypt seriously right now. It has become normal to see legal and judicial travesties on a daily basis; a news story about two people being…
November 4, 2014
There are certain things people need to realize first to sense the necessity of change and, in some cases, the urgency. Let’s start with a basic social truth – there is no ‘bottom.’ Your society,…
July 7, 2014
The military will starve you, then feed you. They will raise gas prices then offer you transportation on their buses. They will make deals with terrorists, then offer to save you from them. Behind…
June 3, 2014
A few points need to be made here. First of all, I find it at least a bit strange when people refer to me as part of a ‘you’ that they call the ‘opposition’ and then tell me that this ‘we’ was…
May 3, 2014
The summer of 2011 must’ve been an incredible time for Hamdein Sabbahi. He was one of the darlings of the revolution, known as a left-leaning Nasserist (whatever that means), ignored only by the…
April 16, 2014
So, finally – when their lackluster attempts at reason fall apart, they tell you it’s just a difference of opinion and that it’s okay to disagree. So yeah, it’s just ‘opinion’… Well – It’s my…
March 3, 2014
It takes no genius to recognize that Egypt is off the rails. Most Egyptian media is exhibiting an undying commitment to polarization, despite it being quite well known that, behind closed doors, the…