Why it's fine to play the crying game
Why are people in this country steeped in the playground “Cry baby Bunting” mentality? In my book, it’s always OK for anyone, male or female, to cry.
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Egyptian people have “had enough of division” and must be “one body” in order to build a democratic nation, Egypt’s interim president Adly Mansour tells Channel 4 News in his first interview.
An Islamist coalition, led by the Muslim Brotherhood, urges its supporters to take to the streets and protest against a military coup that ousted Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi.
The whole nation is on tenterhooks again – the next few hours crucial.
President Morsi is ousted as Egypt’s president, and the army announces a temporary transitional period and new elections “to establish trust, peace and stability for the people”.
The head of the Egyptian armed forces says the country’s political parties must find a solution to street protests in the next two days or the military will step in.
Clerics warn of a “civil war”, and the army says it may have to intervene, as opponents and supporters of President Mohamed Mursi clash violently across Egypt.
Why are people in this country steeped in the playground “Cry baby Bunting” mentality? In my book, it’s always OK for anyone, male or female, to cry.
This article first appeared on the Huffington Post Blog. Charlie Brookers’s latest episode of Black Mirror : White Bear being broadcast on Channel 4 tonight at 10pm got me thinking. Here’s the text : My seven-year-old walked in to the bathroom with an iPod and took a picture of me in the shower. She thought…
An Islamist-led assembly raced through approval of a new constitution for Egypt to end a crisis over President Mohamed Mursi’s newly expanded powers, but opponents respond with another rally in Cairo.
Protests against Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi spread beyond Cairo in the early hours of Wednesday morning leaving at least 100 people injured.
Most of the time it is still the major traffic junction it’s always been. Mostly… But look at where the Plaza del Cortes meets Avenida del Prado and you see the police barriers – now a permanent part of the street furniture.
A Californian filmmaker linked to an anti-Islamic film which sparked a wave of violent protests across the world is taken in for questioning by officers.
The police state is alive and well. Most people appear either to support the regime still or they are hedging their bets and don’t want to confront men with AK47s as yet.
In the final part of his series on fan culture, Andrew McFadyen looks at the role of football – and in particular Cairo’s Al Ahly club – in promoting and defending Egypt’s 2011 revolution.
Mohammed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader once jailed by ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak, succeeds him as president of the world’s most populous Arab nation.