It is unwise to try to predict anything in Egypt these days, but there are several safe assumptions...
May 23, 2012Life Sentence: Women and justice in Afghanistan
In the decade since the United States invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban government in Kabul, many positive...
Mar 07, 2012The money behind the Egyptian military
CAIRO – One year into Egypt’s unfinished revolution, fateful questions loom here in the most populous nation in...
Jan 22, 2012Seeking truth in the ‘NGO republic’
Where did all the money go? The question rises up from the dust of the still-crowded tent camps...
Jan 10, 2012Mohammed Abbas: Running for the Revolution
GIZA, Egypt – Framed against the great pyramids of Giza with a half-moon on the rise, a phalanx...
Jan 06, 2012The ‘black box’ of Egyptian military power
CAIRO – The young Egyptian woman wore a traditional headscarf and shawl, known as an “abaya,” and stood...
Jan 02, 2012Egypt: Is it a revolution?
CAIRO – So, is it a revolution? With running battles taking place once again in Tahrir Square, this...
Nov 21, 2011Highway 15: The long road to rehabilitation
HEZNA, Saudi Arabia – Turn off Highway 15 near the city of Al Baha and a narrow, winding...
Sep 06, 2011Saudi Arabia’s Highway 15 revisited
AL BAHA, Saudi Arabia – The road to September 11th began here on Highway 15, which stretches from...
Sep 06, 2011Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution: Revisiting Tahrir Square
CAIRO — Just after Friday prayers, Mohammed Abbas, a member of the Revolutionary Youth Council, joined protesters crowded...
Aug 17, 2011The Last Fighting Season: Part 1
KABUL – The snows of the Hindu Kush have melted and the poppy harvest is winding down. That...
Apr 27, 2011