Four Turkish journalists detained in Egypt…EU leads in providing non-military aid to Egypt. An Egypt roundup…

  Four Turkish journalists detained in Egypt Four Turkish journalists were detained today in Cairo by the Egyptian army   INFOGRAPHIC: EU leads in providing non-military aid to Egypt (News) The European Union is the largest of contributor of development assistance to Egypt, where a military-backed interim government ousted the country?s first democratically elected leader, … Read more

Egypts’s new president (!) and a roundup…

Egypt : The Next President This 12 years old boy is just stunningly, incredibly smart. Listen to him as he excoriates the Muslim Brotherhood, relentlessly dissecting their power grab for Egypt. Beyond the middle class military coup The situation in Egypt today rekindles the debate about middle class military coups in the 1960s and 1970s.   … Read more

Egypt roundup. Egypt’s Islamists Turn Violent…

Egypt’s Islamists Turn Violent After Morsy’s Fall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFX1heljE9k CAIRO – Rallies in support of Mohammed Morsy were smaller than they had been previously during the day today, perhaps because supporters of the deposed president stayed away out of fear of violence. But while the numbers may have been down, reports of violence throughout the city suggested … Read more