Blogging Mubarak Redux: Egypt’s Military Coup Unmasked Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 The Arab Spring with uprisings that signaled a desire for a new way forward, an overthrow of the established order…
Blogging Egypt’s Sissi is not Moving toward Democracy Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, Egypt’s new deputy prime minister and de facto strongman, has called on Egyptians to…
Blogging Ex FinMin: Egypt Needs One-Year Moratorium on Street Protests – Ex FinMin Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 A year ago, it became clear to me that the Arab Spring would not succeed in Egypt unless a deadlock between the…
MENA News Turmoil Hits Tunisia After Secular Politician Shot Dead Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi was shot dead on Thursday in the second such assassination this year,…
Egypt News Egypt Police Must Protect Protesters on All Sides – Amnesty International Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 Security forces must do more to protect protesters from violent attack and avoid the use of excessive force against…
MENA News Hamas Shuts Al Arabiya, Other Media Offices in Gaza Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas closed the offices of three media companies, including the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya…
Blogging A Faustian Pact: Egypt Generals as Democrats Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 The luxurious officers’ club of Egypt’s elite Republican Guard sits near downtown Cairo, its pool and patios…
Egypt News Egypt Braces for Rival Rallies, Army Signals Crackdown Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 A deeply polarized Egypt braced for bloodshed on Friday in rival mass rallies summoned by the army that ousted the…
Egypt News Egypt’s New FinMin Plans Stimulus, Not Austerity Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 Egypt interim government will seek to avoid major austerity measures and instead work to stimulate the economy by…
Egypt News White House Shields Aid to Egypt By Avoiding Talk of Coup Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2013 0 The Obama administration, in a move that may protect U.S. aid to Egypt, has concluded that it doesn’t have to make…