Jimmy Carter, Anwar El-Sadat, and Menachem Begin, at the signing of the Camp David Accords, 1979, back in the days when Democratic presidents tried to bring peace to the Middle East.
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(FILES) This file photo taken in November 1869 shows the inauguration of the Suez Canal in Egypt. - As the Suez Canal marks its 150th anniversary, Egypt which nationalised the.
To distract us from all the horrible things in the world, here's a great story on how a Catholic library in Cairo began collecting street-level Islamic religious texts in the.
Rather than start off our day with the usual doom and gloom, how about something cool? Like the rediscovery of an Egyptian city that was known about but not thought to be important until more excavations were done. And now they find out it's a...
Above: Gamal Abdel Nassar I've long thought Jacobin is at its best when it is moving the conversation on what it means to be a leftist ahead in the post-Soviet.
Given how little coverage organized labor in the United States receives in this country, it's hardly surprising than when talking about international events, the news media really ignores labor. But.
Ouch: Egypt on Tuesday urged U.S. authorities to exercise restraint in dealing with racially charged demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri - echoing language Washington used to caution Egypt as it cracked down on Islamist protesters last year. U.S. foes Iran and Syria also lambasted the United...
No counter-revolution is complete without a call for the return of the monarchy: Asked what he thought would be the solution to Egypt's malaise, Prince Osman cited the example of Spain,.
On this week's episode of Foreign Entanglements, I talked with Clayton Thyne of the University of Kentucky about the political science of the Egyptian coup: Unfortunately, we lost the much-more-political-sciencey.
The Wall Street Journal, openly pining for Augusto Pinochet: Mr. Obama also requested a review of U.S. aid to Egypt, but cutting that off now would be a mistake. Unpopular as America is in Egypt, $1.3 billion in annual military aid buys access with the...
Old news, but worth revisiting this pre-analysis from Duss and Hussein Ibish:
Matt Duss talks with Eric Trager: