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Sarah Attia talks about her efforts to free her husband Khaled al-Qazzaz

(January 8, 2015) – A conversation between Sarah Attia and political science lecturer, Katherine Bullock, about Sarah’s efforts to free her husband, held without charge, and contrary to international and Egyptian law, in an Egyptian jail for over 535 days. Sarah, thanks for agreeing to talk to us during

Barack Obama

The Moral force of nonviolence

By Barack Obama An excerpt from the remarks by President Barack Obama on Egypt delivered on February 11, 2011 Egypt has played a pivotal role in human history for over 6,000 years. But over the last few weeks, the wheel of history turned at a blinding pace as the

Canadian Muslims

Hosni Mubarak, Father Scorpion; Omar Suleiman, Uncle Scorpion

By Sheila Musaji When I was a little girl, my grandfather told me a story about a scorpion who wanted to cross a river and asked a child to carry him across. The child recognized that this was a scorpion and dangerous and was afraid of being stung, but the

Canadian Muslims

Why Egypt?

By Jeewan Chanicka (February 3, 2011) – Lately many of you have been seeing my many posts on social media about what has been happening in Egypt. I am not Egyptian nor am I Arab. However, I lived there in Cairo for almost a year while I was in university.

Canadian Muslims

A new youth-led dawn in the Middle East?

By Farah I. Abdel Sater (February 1, 2011) – “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day!” When Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse wrote their 1965 song “Feeling Good”, odds were pretty close to zero that the couple could imagine that this is what

Canadian Muslims

Egypt: the voice of the people and history

By Tariq Ramadan (January, 31, 2011) – The Tunisian uprising has changed everything. We have reached a turning point. It is clear now that it dictators can be peacefully overthrown! To do so takes courage, a mass movement, determination and hope; faith in God and/or in the future. Crushed

Barack Obama

Will Islamic opposition movements seize the day?

By Amr Hamzawy and Jeffrey Christiansen (July 30, 2009) – When it comes to democratic development in the Arab world, the ball is now squarely in the court of Islamic opposition movements. US President Barack Obama has spoken. Defying expectations that he would downplay domestic affairs and democracy promotion in

Cairo

Obama’s Address to Muslims Highly Anticipated

(June 2, 2009) – President Barack Obama will be speaking about the relationship between the United States and Muslims at the University of Cairo in Egypt on Thursday, June 4. On his way to Cairo, the president will stop Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, where he’ll meet in Riyadh

Ali Gomaa

Egypt’s Mufti Rules Against WMD

(June 1, 2009) – The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Sheik Ali Gomaa, has issued a ruling stating that Muslims should not use weapons of mass destruction (WMD) as such weapons would violate Islamic teachings as Muslims as well as non-Muslims could be killed. MENA, the Egyptian state news agency, said