Articles tagged with: politics
Egypt, Featured, Media, Society »
Why did the Mubarak regime turn the internet off?
That was the question I asked the attendees of a gathering recently at the Oxford Internet Institute looking at the role of the internet in the revolutions sweeping the Middle East.
The question gives us, I suggested, a route into understanding the other side of the equation, ie. How authoritarian regimes maintain their power. It therefore connects us to a long standing debate that has encompassed media studies, cultural anthropology, political science and more.
Egypt, Featured, Media, Society »
When Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak came to power 28 years ago, the Berlin Wall still had another eight years to stand, AIDS was only just being recognized as a disease, and the Ford Cortina had another year to run on the automaker’s production lines.
Little wonder then that some people in Egypt would like to see a fresh-faced successor to take the reins in elections slated for 2011.
But not, by any means, everyone.
Featured, Islam »
Barack Obama will head to Turkey following the G20 summit in London for his first visit to a Muslim country in power.
The U.S. President is expected to address Turkey’s parliament and talk with opposition parties during the trip.
But aides have stressed the visit is not being planned as a platform for speaking to the wider Muslim world, according to Hurriyet newspaper.
U.S. officials do not want the visit to extend beyond bilateral affairs, the paper reports.
