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...Minister. "But it has had awful repercussions." By the time of Saddam's invasion, the cleavage between Kuwaitis and non-Kuwaitis had worsened considerably. Foreigners account for more than 60% of Kuwait's population and more than 80% of its work force. "Oil exacerbated the underlying tensions," says Saad Eddin Ibrahim, an Egyptian political sociology professor at the American University in Cairo. "The fantastic wealth made all Kuwaitis keener on emphasizing their Kuwaitiness because being Kuwaiti meant enormous privileges...
...Mubarak has expanded democratic freedoms at a time of severe economic problems and rising Islamic fundamentalism. When he was chosen for his first term in the tense period immediately after Sadat's death, "the big turnout was not for Mubarak, it was for Egypt," said Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim. "This time the turnout...
...rose to the veteran minister's defense. They noted that while he is sometimes viewed as the West's inveterate enemy, Yamani has often taken conciliatory stances. "Since the last few years have seen a deterioration in Saudi revenues, he may have been used as a scapegoat," said Saad-Eddin Ibrahim, a professor of political sociology at the American University in Cairo...
Mubarak has dealt firmly with the country's Moslem militants without seeming to be vengeful. Like Sadat, he says he will not permit religious-based political parties. But Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim of the American University in Cairo observes, "He is not doing things that antagonize the militants. He gives an image of being clean, firm and fair." The fundamentalists, in fact, approve of Mubarak's campaign against corruption, his proposal to curb luxury imports, and his studiously private family life. "Some of the militants think he is redeemable and that they can establish a dialogue with...
...hanged by the Sadat government in 1978 for planning the murder of the former Religious Affairs Minister. To his followers, the charismatic Mustafa was an almost omnipotent authority on religious as well as personal matters. "Even after the death sentence had been handed out," wrote Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim in a study of the group, "Mustafa's followers would not believe that the government could take his life." Like many other fanatical Muslims, Takfir wa Hijra members seek to return to a purely Islamic society, and are willing to use violence to achieve that goal...