11 Jul
My fears for the future of Egypt are largely based on what might happen when Mubarak dies. I’m not a fortune teller or anything but if you look at history and the political landscape of opposition groups in Egypt its pretty obvious, it follows a very simple formula.
First you have a dictator who controls the […]
Posted in Middle East History, Mubarak, War, Egypt by: D.B. Shobrawy
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27 May
It’s fair to say I grew up in an environment that convinced me of having a purely Arab identity. Referring to myself and other Middle Eastern people as Arab was very convenient, anyone I met from other Arabic speaking countries felt like brethren by virtue of being “Arab”.
My Arab identity was not of […]
Posted in Middle East History, A-rabs, Analysis, Nationalism, Egypt by: D.B. Shobrawy
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14 Feb
Click on the image to activate flash tour. (h/t) Aqoul
Egypt eats it in just about every mode of history, also there are some errors and forgotten pieces in history, can you tell?
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Posted in Middle East History by: D.B. Shobrawy
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