by MRN | May 30, 2014 | Middle East
NINETY-THREE PER CENT! Let me write that again: 93 per cent! Or 93.3 per cent if you want to be precise. This superb, stunning, incredible – quite literally, one might say – achievement in Egypt’s presidential election, places ex-Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on...
by MRN | Feb 6, 2014 | World
Last month, US President Barack Obama gave his annual State of the Union address. The speech is the president’s opportunity to assess the condition of the country, as well as set out his legislative agenda and his national and international priorities. This...
by MRN | Oct 24, 2013 | MRN Views
The article ‘Sissi mania sweeps Egypt’ (The Star Newspaper) by Abigail Hauslohner on 17 October 2013 refers: A mosaic is never understood or seen in its entirety by viewing the individual elements of the piece but rather by stepping back and looking at the collective...
by MRN | Aug 23, 2013 | Africa
Anti-coup demonstrator holds the helmet of a protestor shot dead by police as he stands inside a packed field hospital. (Photo: Scott Nelson/Al Jazeera) “Lord! You know well that my keen desire is to carry out Your commandments and to serve Thee with all my...
by MRN | Aug 23, 2013 | Africa
With news of the acquittal and imminent release of Egypt’s deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak, the military regime has exposed its ugly face to full view. Since the counterrevolutionary coup began on 30 June, the Egyptian people have been subjected to unprecedented...