Word: kassem
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...HISHAM KASSEM Sadly, I have to say yes. It is difficult to commend such a bloody scene. But it achieved something useful. Parallel to the chaos and bloodshed, there is a political process evolving in Iraq. Bloodshed is the price of the transition from Saddam's psychopathic dictatorship. The losses would have been higher had Saddam stayed on. You could easily see that regime lasting another 30 years, under his sons and top generals. Negotiating with Iraq was not an option. There had to be a military intervention. You have a bloc of 22 countries in the Arab world dominated...
...respect for Egypt's laws. And Egyptians across the political spectrum say the Brotherhood's vague slogan "Islam of the solution" masks a militant agenda. "If the country continues to go this way, we are going to move from a military dictatorship to a theocracy," says Hisham Kassem, chief of the liberal Al-Masry al-Youm daily newspaper...
...still shocked," said Hesham Kassem, a pro-democracy activist, though no one in Egypt doubts that Mubarak will be elected to a fifth term. Indeed, his move caught opposition parties off guard, and some admitted they may not get organized in time to mount an effective response. To that, Mubarak replied, "They say they are not ready, but someone...
...Ahmed Nazif, pictured, and eight other new ministers are part of Gamal's team of young modernizers. Opinion was divided on whether the new Cabinet heralded real change. "This is a new generation, with new ideas and a new way of thinking," a senior official told TIME. But Hisham Kassem, publisher of the proreform Cairo daily Al-Masry al-Youm, said: "It strikes me as a release of steam more than a progressive move...
...There was this connection I felt. Unfortunately, there were 50 of us who felt it." -Robin Solod, One of dozens of women who became engaged to U.S. Colonel Kassem Saleh, who fought in Afghanistan, after meeting him through online dating services...