Ask a young Egyptian man what he wants from the revolution, and he will say "freedom." Ask him why, and he's very likely to say, "So I can get married. An underlying drive of youthful protesters who have clamored for political reform in Egypt - and in other Arab states - is a desire to change a society that expects a man to have money before he marries.
Egypt and the United States also recognize the need for political and economic reform in the region. The United States has followed the steps taken by Egypt over the past few years, as well as the ongoing debate on reform in different sectors of Egyptian society.
Gen. Omar Suleiman, who spent much of his career in the shadow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, emerged in recent weeks as the man most likely to oversee a transition toward political reform in Egypt. However, he is an unpalatable choice for the hundreds of thousands of Egyptians who have gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square since Jan. 25 and demanded the ouster of the Mubarak regime.
If the world is in crisis, you wouldn't know it by watching President Obama's spring break. Between golf, basketball and the president's upcoming trip to Rio de Janeiro, the White House is projecting a disinterested aura of business as usual. For this administration, "tuned-out" is the new normal. The Mideast crisis is continuing, and Hillary Rodham Clinton has been the one taking the 3 a.m. phone calls. The secretary of state has been dealing with political reform in Egypt, a military crackdown in Bahrain and the continuing civil war in Libya. However, she is hampered by a chief executive who can't make up his mind which course of action would best secure his place in history. It's no wonder she took the opportunity to tell CNN she had no interest in continuing in the job in a theoreti...
News Advisory: BACKGROUND: The Arab world today stands at a crossroads. Faced with three fundamental deficits in political freedom, knowledge, and women's rights, the current state of human development of the Arab people is a contradiction of their historical contributions and achievements. The recently released Arab Human Development Report suggests that "(O)f all the impediments to an Arab renaissance, political restrictions on human development are the most stubborn." More specifically, Thursday's hearing will explore challenges and prospects of political reform in Algeria, Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. Among topics expected to be addressed are the growing restlessness of Arab civil society; the responsiveness of selected governments to demands for greater democracy and strategi...
Not many people know about the appeal that Akbar Ganji and Abdel Karim Sourouj hold for millions of Iranians who are eager to see change in their political system. Not many know that Syrians call the human rights dissident Riad al Turk "their Nelson Mandela." It is not well known that the Moroccan Fatima Mernissi and the Lebanese Asma Maria Andraos represent a growing number of educated Arab women who are engaged in effective grass roots promotion of democracy. Few are aware that Khalil Shikaki is one of many Palestinian intellectuals who contribute to democracy building and dialogue with Israel. To learn more about signs of hope through people's yearning for justice, human rights and freedom in the Middle East, read the latest book by [Robin Wright], "Dreams and Shadows: The Future of ...
... countries: The Palestinian territories, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Morocco and "Iraq and the U... point that not all Muslim groups are reform oriented or ready for the much-needed cooperation ...
News Advisory: BACKGROUND: The Arab world today stands at a crossroads. Faced with three fundamental deficits in political freedom, knowledge, and women's rights, the current state of human development of the Arab people is a contradiction of their historical contributions and achievements. The recently released Arab Human Development Report suggests that "(O)f all the impediments to an Arab renaissance, political restrictions on human development are the most stubborn." More specifically, Thursday's hearing will explore challenges and prospects of political reform in Algeria, Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. Among topics expected to be addressed are the growing restlessness of Arab civil society; the responsiveness of selected governments to demands for greater democracy and strategi...
... others to rise up and demand their political rights from regimes long seen as corrupt, as enric... world is now re-embarking on a journey of reform as old as the European Enlightenment. For contrary...Even in the nineteenth century, it was Egypt and Tunisia that led the reform agenda in the Arab...
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama issued a plea for restraint in Egypt after meeting with national security aides Saturday to assess the Cairo government's response to widespread protests threatening the stability of the country. A White House statement said Obama "reiterated our focus on opposing violence and calling for restraint, supporting universal rights and supporting concrete steps that advance political reform within Egypt.
... shown few sign of embracing democratic reforms that might threaten their power and privileges. Th..., many of them engaged in loud, animated political debates that only weeks earlier would have been im...
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