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...freedom and democracy for the whole Middle East, Arabs and Muslims know better. America's history in the area-backing Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, supporting authoritarian regimes and even intervening to abort potential democratic movements in the region-does not make credible its role of liberator. Mona Wagdy Cairo...
...think design is a defunct word. I curate spaces.") The son of a Ghanaian diplomat, he was born in Tanzania and raised in Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon. He brings to his work the eye of a man who has learned as much from the intricately woven streetscapes of Cairo as from the ideal geometries of Le Corbusier. "I spent my childhood in a profoundly different physical environment, with a different sense of public and private spaces," he says. "That's where I started drawing...
Politics in Cairo are not what I expected either. A distinguished member of parliament gave a lecture at the American University in Cairo where he criticized Yasir Arafat and the Palestinians more than he did Ariel Sharon and Israel. His lecture, save for a few jabs at the Israelis, could well have passed for a speech by Colin Powell or President Bush. I knew Egypt was at peace with Israel, but I was surprised by the amount of sincerity and energy the Egyptian government devoted to the peace process. The politician genuinely felt it was vital that there...
...difficult to generalize a place like Cairo, where things are pulling in so many different directions. There is no use talking about the so-called “Arab street” because people here are refreshingly diverse in their political opinions, and are unafraid to criticize both themselves and others for the problems of their region and the world. It is this frankness and honesty that really stands apart in my mind, and I think it is grounded in people’s firm understanding of who they are and where they stand in the world. Most Egyptians...
Safran was born in Cairo in 1925 and was of oriental Jewish heritage. He fought in the war for Israeli independence, Mottahedeh said. But he “remained very sentimentally attached to Egypt” and was very moved when he went back in the middle of his life...