Wael Ghonim: Creating A ‘Revolution 2.0′ In Egypt
The protests that led to the Egyptian revolution last year were organized in part by an anonymous Facebook page administrator. When the police found out who he was, they arrested and interrogated him. After his release, Wael Ghonim became the public face of the Egyptian revolution. In Revolution 2.0, Ghonim traces the planning that took [...]
Does Russia Have A Cogent Middle East Strategy?
Russia’s support for Syrian President Bashar Assad has put it at odds with other countries in the Arab world. Russia drew a lot of flack from Arab countries and the West when it vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at pressuring Assad to stop his crackdown on protesters. That has some analysts in Russia [...]
China Laces Up Its Chuck Taylors
Stroll along a street in downtown Shanghai for very long and you’re likely to run into someone wearing Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars. One recent afternoon a woman named Xu Jing, was heading back from lunch to her job at an ad company in a pair of raspberry-colored Chuck Taylors. “They have a young image, [...]
Israel Isn’t Going To Attack Us, Iran’s U.N. Ambassador Says
Asked this afternoon if he thinks Israel will attack his nation anytime soon in a bid to destroy work Iran is doing on nuclear technology, the Persian nation’s ambassador to the United Nations told NPR, “I don’t think that is going to happen.” “Iran is so strong,” said Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee, and “the consequences would [...]
China’s Demolition Derby Turns History Into Rubble
Down a quiet Beijing alleyway on a recent day, as the winter wind whistles, two men stand guard over a pile of bricks hidden behind a corrugated iron fence. The pile of rubble was once the home of the man known as the father of modern Chinese architecture, Liang Sicheng. The Orwellian reason for its [...]
In Restive Syrian City, Signs Of Sectarian Violence
Hundreds of people have died from tank, mortars and rocket fire in the Syrian city of Homs, the target of bombardment by government forces for the fifth day in a row. And activists say three families, including women and children, were stabbed or shot at close range just outside their houses Tuesday. Activists in Homs [...]
In Russia, Punk-Rock Riot Girls Rage Against Putin
Anti-government protests in Russia are taking many different forms, from mass rallies and marches to defiant street art and music. Just recently, members of a feminist punk group were arrested in Moscow’s Red Square after they performed a song ridiculing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The group, which calls itself Pussy Riot, says it’s planning more [...]
Finding ‘Life, Death, And Hope’ In A Mumbai Slum
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Katherine Boo spent three and a half years in Mumbai’s Annawadi slum to research for her new book Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Residents of the slum — which is located next to the Mumbai airport and in the shadow of several luxury hotels — live in devastating poverty. Some inhabitants lack any [...]
Report: Pentagon ‘Beginning Review Of Syria Options’
As the U.S. continues to search for diplomatic solution to the crisis in Syria, “the Pentagon and the U.S. Central Command have begun a preliminary internal review of U.S. military capabilities,” CNN is reporting. The cable news network’s Barbara Starr says that while “two senior administration officials who spoke about the review to CNN emphasized [...]
Egyptian Judge Says Foreign Groups Have Been Working There Illegally
Foreigners who have been working for international organizations in Egypt are in the country illegally and have been engaging in “political activity,” a judge in Cairo just told reporters. As we’ve previously reported, Egyptian authorities are preventing some foreigners who work for such organizations — including the son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood — from [...]
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