Yes, Hazim Abou Ismail will force women to wear the hijab
The young girls in Heliopolis walking around shouting, “I’ll vote for Ismail because he won’t force me to wear the hijab,” are tricked. The man is a hypocrite. He is also ignorant.
Egypt: the democratic disillusion
Egyptians will finally get to exercise their voting rights in a presidential election. After 60 years of dubious elections, an honest and reliable one will truly be a milestone of incredible proportions. Some Egyptians had avoided voting for years; from Nasser’s 99.9 percent vote way to Mubarak’s totally rigged 2006…
A changed Egypt: a bitter reality
A few years back, while walking on a street in Heliopolis, a Canadian friend visiting Egypt stood cold in her tracks, unable to grasp the scene she was witnessing. She was staring at two three-year-olds playing on their tricycles unsupervised and unattended. You see it was 10 p.m. I knew…
Coptic Pope Dies in Egypt Amid Church’s Struggles
Via NY Times, by Karim Fahim Egypt’s Coptic Pope Shenouda III at an Easter service in Cairo last year, Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters CAIRO — Pope Shenouda III, who led the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt for four decades, expanding the church’s presence around the world as he struggled, often…
Whom to Vote For?
In almost two months, again Egyptians will practice their voting rights while choosing their next president. In stark contrast to elections from years gone by, Egyptians have been taking civil rights quite seriously, whether in the constitutional referendum or the parliament elections. They stood in long, winding queues for hours…
Why have moderate Egyptians opted not to vote in the repeats?
“That’s the most expensive vote I have ever made,” exclaimed my daughter after she sent her vote off to the Egyptian Embassy in Ottawa rush mail, at a cost of $27. My daughter had never voted in an Egyptian election before; neither had I for that matter, but for both…
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