There were Egyptian elections before Mohammed Morsi, who underestimated the anti-democratic impulses of Arab tyrannies, and assumed Western governments wouldn’t stand for an overthrow of a democratically-elected president. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News The death of Mohamed Morsi,…Read more →
Protesters in the Sudan and Algeria have learned from the counter-revolutions and know it is not enough to oust a single tyrant, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. Leaders May Fall But US Maintains Tyrannies By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News The…Read more →
As leaders from all around the world gathered to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of a war meant to end all wars, the aftermath of the bloody conflict nevertheless continue to resonate in many parts of the globe today.
Author and researcher Hanief Haider traces some of the trends and maneuvers from the pre-World War I era, such as Great Britain’s use of religious fervor to influence affairs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), which persist today.
Bashar al-Assad is just the latest in a long line of Middle East leaders demonized by colonial Britain and the U.S. for their independence, says Eric Margolis in this commentary. By Eric S. Margolis Butcher of Damascus. Gasser of children. Baby Killer…Read more →
The Zionist project is now in full swing and is threatening the safety of the whole Middle Eastern region and thus the safety of the whole world. No country would be spared if this project is not confronted and not halted.
by Dr. Elias Akleh
“A Misguided Preacher with No Faith in His Own Sermons”
By Mark Mondalek
The last few years of Gamal Abdel Nasser’s life, he took to repeating a saying over and over again, not silently to himself in prayer, but right out loud for anyone to hear.
“People like me,” he’d tell his compatriots, “do not live long.”
Xinhua | April 30, 2013
CAIRO — Egypt would not sell any more state- owned companies, President Mohamed Morsi said Tuesday.
In his speech to steel industry workers in Helwan district in Cairo on the eve of Labor Day, Morsi said there will be no more selling of the public sector again, stressing that the private sector could not be an alternative for the public sector.
