US Foreign Policy

A View of the Middle East from Within

September 12, 2024

Modernity can take place in the Arab world only when the Arab individual restores her/his sense of self-respect and pride in their heritage that once produced a flourishing modernity and civilization and acquire the will to induce change and progress…

Op-Eds

You think there is no alternative to Sisi’s regime in Egypt? Think again

June 16, 2015

The notion held by many in the West that Egypt’s current president, the military strongman, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is the only available option to lead the country is as erroneous as it is dangerous. The current regime’s repressive policies are stifling the…

Op-Eds

I’m one of hundreds sentenced to death in Egypt. The US is ‘concerned’. That’s not enough

June 1, 2015

On May 16, an Egyptian court sentenced me to death in absentia in a highly politicised case, along with more than 120 other defendants, including the former president, Mohamed Morsi. The US and EU have expressed their “grave concern” regarding these…

Interviews

Egypt’s Transformation, Before And After Morsi’s Fall

May 28, 2015

On Egypt, ISIS and America’s response with Tom Ashbrook. Source: Boston’s NPR News station

Conferences

CSID 15th Annual Conference: Egypt Derailed Transition

June 12, 2014

Speaker, Egypt Derailed Transition, CSID 15th Annual Conference: The Struggle for Democracy in Turbulent Times: Practical Solutions for U.S. Policy”, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy CSID. Washington DC. June 12, 2014.

Interviews

Interview with The Huffington Post #WorldBrief with @ASE March 28

March 28, 2014

#WorldBrief with @ASE March 28 (VIDEO) – Huffington Post

Op-Eds

Dear President Obama: Freedom and Democracy Must Come First in Egypt

March 28, 2014

Dear President Obama: As you embark this week on your visit to Saudi Arabia we write to you out of deep concern with regard to the policy of the United States and its allies in the region. Despite your assurances…

Interviews

Is The U.S. Leaving A Leadership Void In The Middle East?

January 30, 2014

Briefs

The Arab Spring and Western Policy Choices

July 6, 2011

Emad El-Din Shahin Of the several uprisings and pro-democracy revolutions sweeping through the Arab region, only two — Tunisia and Egypt — have been successful so far in toppling despotic rulers and embarking on a transitional process to establish a…

Op-Eds

Obama must reboot relationship with Muslims

May 9, 2011

(CNN) — The death of Osama bin Laden presents an opportunity to reflect upon a genuine end to the cycle of “suspicion and discord” that President Barack Obama called for in his remarkable speech in Cairo in June of 2009. It…