Egypt made Al-Jazeera - and Syria's destroying it.
UAE based columnist Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi in Foreign Policy:
Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera, the two Gulf-based channels that dominate the Arabic news business, have moved to counter Syrian regime propaganda, but have ended up distorting the news almost as badlyas their opponents. In their bid to support the Syrian rebels’ cause, these media giants have lowered their journalistic standards, abandoned rudimentary fact-checks, and relied on anonymous callers and unverified videos in place of solid reporting.
Первый демократический премьер Египта со времен… в общем со времен как люди появились в Египте. И такое разочарование!
Syria is Iraq indeed
A civilian cycling through Freedom square in eastern city of Deir el-Zour, Syria
by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad for the Guardian
Новый египетский президент взбунтовался против хунты. Мохаммед Морси вернул к работе распущенный парламент. Это решение противоречит не только решению военных, но и вердикту Конституционного Суда. Роспуск в этом июне первого демократического парламента страны многие египтяне посчитали тихим переворотом. Однако отважность президента Морси – это также далеко не подарок для Египетской Революции
The New York Times profiles Egypt’s new First Lady, the term which she refuses to agree with:
“In Egypt’s patriarchal culture, and especially among Islamists, men seldom talk publicly of their wives, and mentioning them by name is almost a taboo. But Mr. Morsi is unusually appreciative of Ms. Mahmoud, even in public, sometimes saying in television interviews that marrying her was “the biggest personal achievement of my life.”
He sometimes helped her with chores, she told the magazine Nesf el Donia, and even cooked for her. “I like everything about him,” she said. “Our fights never lasted for more than a few minutes.”
She often appeared with her husband during the campaign, though she seldom spoke publicly. When a magazine journalist asked for a photograph, her answer was conditional. “Only if your photos make me look younger and a little thinner,” she said.”
Инвесторы дольны новым президентом-исламистом в Египте. После того, как стало известно имя первого пост-революционного лидера страны - Каирская Биржа выросла на существенные 7%, это рекорд за последние пол-года. Стоимость кредитов для египтян также значительно упала. Вздохнули с облегчением не только бизнесмены, но и политики по всему миру - долгая драма с избранием первого демократического президента Египта наконец позади. Или нет? Изменила ли на самом деле Египет победа Моххамеда Морси?
Мягким переворотом в Египте называют прошедшие президентские выборы. Еще не дождавшись подсчета голосов, местные военные ввели в стране временную конституцию, передав себе большую часть законодательной и исполнительной власти. Это в придачу к роспуску первого открыто избранного парламента на прошлой неделе. Также военные назначили своего генерала руководить администрацией будущего президента. По предварительным подсчетам им станет протеже Мусульманского Братства - Мохамед Морси. Кто он такой и будет ли у него возможность руководить Египтом?
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Riot police wait behind a closed gate barring entry to the Egyptian parliament in Cairo, June 19.
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Riot police wait behind a closed gate barring entry to the Egyptian parliament in Cairo, June 19.
[Credit : Manu Brabo/AP]
Today, more than 16 months after Mubarak was ousted from power in a bloody popular uprising, Egyptians find themselves living under an even more tyrannical and authoritarian military dictatorship.
Egyptians from all walks of life have marched to Tahrir Square, and across the country, since January, protesting Mubarak’s decades-long repressive rule, demanding dignity and the right to self-determination. But it was primarily the youth who mobilized and maintained enough pressure on Mubarak’s regime to make these new presidential elections possible.
Still, somehow their youthful zeal is all but missing from Egypt’s political landscape. Instead, Egyptians were left with a polarizing and pathetic choice in the recent presidential run-off. They could support the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, who is 60 or the old guard’s Ahmed Shafiq, who is 70 and served as Prime Minister during some of the most violent clashes between pro-democracy protesters and government forces.
Many of my young friends in Egypt voted for neither, and instead took the opportunity to voice their grievances by writing on their ballots using insults and vulgarities.
