Max Strasser
US continues military aid to Egypt, but future ambiguous
Egypt
March 29, 2012
US continues military aid to Egypt, but future ambiguous
The US government announced last Friday that it would give the Egyptian military US$1.3 billion in aid for the 2012…
A year in review: Unfinished business
Egypt
December 30, 2011
A year in review: Unfinished business
Since the first Day of Revolt on 25 January, developments in Egypt have moved at a dizzying pace. There have…
US, Egyptian military, Islamists engage in precarious dance
Egypt
December 16, 2011
US, Egyptian military, Islamists engage in precarious dance
When Anwar Sadat abandoned Egypt’s alliance with the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s, he forged an alliance with the United…
Drop ‘dictator debt,’ activists and economists say
Business
October 28, 2011
Drop ‘dictator debt,’ activists and economists say
Egypt has a budget deficit of nearly 10 percent of GDP and the finance minister recently said that the country…
From bringing down Ben Ali to fixing up Wall Street
Egypt
October 28, 2011
From bringing down Ben Ali to fixing up Wall Street
The Occupy Wall Street protesters are now in their second month of camping out in New York City’s financial district…
Planned US protest gains Egyptian support
Egypt
September 22, 2011
Planned US protest gains Egyptian support
Egyptian activists are lending their support to a planned protest in Washington, DC, which US activists hope will become an…
Egypt warns of foreign meddling as US pushes on with democracy programs
Egypt
July 5, 2011
Egypt warns of foreign meddling as US pushes on with democracy programs
As Egypt prepares for its first free and fair parliamentary elections in recent memory this September, the US government and…
Q&A with Tom Malinowski: Rights abuses in Egypt and Libya
Egypt
June 26, 2011
Q&A with Tom Malinowski: Rights abuses in Egypt and Libya
In May, Al-Masry Al-Youm met with Tom Malinowski, Human Rights Watch Washington director, who visited Egypt last month briefly after spending some…
The Age of Deception: A peek inside ElBaradei’s work and Weltanschauung
Books
June 19, 2011
The Age of Deception: A peek inside ElBaradei’s work and Weltanschauung
Before Mohamed ElBaradei returned to Egypt in February 2010 and dramatically shook up the political scene with his calls for…
Will Saudi Arabia lead Egypt’s counter-revolution?
Egypt
May 8, 2011
Will Saudi Arabia lead Egypt’s counter-revolution?
With Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule finished and much of the Arab world in a state of revolt, the time…