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Interview with Medea Benjamin

by Hope Kwiatkowski | Feb 22, 2011

Medea Benjamin is the co-founder of the peace group Code Pink and the founding director of Global Exchange. For over 20 years, she has supported human rights and social justice struggles around the world. With a delegation of nine activists, she was in Egypt during the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. Here she talks with FPIF’s Hope Kwiatkowski about the reception of Americans in Tahrir Square, the future of revolution in the region, and how the U.S. government should react.

Where the Demonstrators Wave Black Flags: Algeria, Part 1

by Rob Prince | Feb 21, 2011

The demonstrators in Algeria have been modest in number, but they are the first signs of deep unrest in a major oil- and natural gas-producing country in the region.

Last Thing Washington Needs Is to Share Blame if Egypt Becomes Another Pakistan

by Russ Wellen | Feb 17, 2011

Washington’s optimal position may be as a concerned bystander to developments in post-revolutionary Egypt.

Washington Voices Impatience with Regime

by Jim Lobe | Feb 16, 2011

Amid the continuing stand-off between protestors and the Egyptian government, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama appeared Wednesday to be losing patience with both President Hosni Mubarak and his new vice president, Gen. Omar Suleiman.

A Middle East Deja Vu

by Samer Araabi | Feb 16, 2011

Hundreds of thousands of protestors took to the streets, fueled by poverty, hunger, and anger at their repressive government. Egypt? No, Iran, 1951, before the election of Prime Minister Mossadeq.

A War Israel Is Ill Equipped to Fight

by Rob Prince | Feb 15, 2011

Israel is not confronting Arab armies or guerrilla movements, but an explosion of Arab democracy. It’s a “war” that it’s ill equipped to fight.

The Qosbi Show

by John Feffer | Feb 15, 2011

Dear FPIF:

Thank you for your proposal for a new TV show about “a warm-hearted, middle-class Egyptian family named the Qosbis.” It’s an intriguing idea. Of course, we were thrilled by Katie Couric’s suggestion of addressing Islamophobia by creating a Muslim version of The Cosby Show. I believe, however, that she had in mind a Muslim-Americanshow, not a drama about an Egyptian family.

Is Egypt’s New Military Leadership Just Coup d’Etat Light?

by Bonnie Bricker, Adil E. Shamoo | Feb 14, 2011

The pro-democracy movement must choose leaders with a clear commitment to democracy and should declare that no country interfere in the process of revolution.

Egypt Has Already Experienced Islamic Rule — and Found It Wanting

by Russ Wellen | Feb 14, 2011

To curry favor with Egyptians, President Mubarak adopted the social conservatism of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egyptian Protesters Dared to Stand on the “Edge of Chaos”

by Merle Lefkoff | Feb 14, 2011

What if, facing a hyper-speed revolution in Egypt, Secretary of State Clinton and her advisors had sat together examining fractal structures, nonlinear dynamical systems, and models of self-organization? Say what?