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 cairolive.com's
complete coverage
of the US attacks
9-11, 1
year later
DISPATCH:
Looking
for directions
There
are plenty of issues still gnawing at Egyptians' hearts and minds one
year after the fact.
DARDASHA:
A failure of PR
A
year after September 11,
everyone's speaking, while only a few are bothering – for better or
worse –- to put things in perspective.
FLASHBACK:
Re-live
cairolive's coverage of the devastating attack.
DAY
1:Unimaginable
terror
DAY 3:Praying for
moderation
DAY 27:Who
gave bin Laden the right?
DAY 28:Afghanistan is burning
DAY 37:A
tale of two talk shows
DAY 58:Why
don't they make Rolexes?
DAY 95:The
smoking gun?
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The
smoking gun?
Here
we go again -- the madness merry-go-round
never stops, and its only victims are us, the poor audience. (December
14, 2001)
Recent
cartoons rip apart the goings on in Afghanistan and
Palestine. (December 8, 2001)
Eye on the press
Ding, dong the witch is dead...and the Economist's call for a different sort of contest
(November 28, 2001)
 Avoiding a confrontation?
Arab intellectuals are gathering at the Cairo headquarters of the Arab League this week to plan a
coordinated response to the negative image of Islam and the Middle East in the West.
Click here to find out what they are talking about
(November 27, 2001)
The end of the "scenario"?
Al-Jazeera welcomes its war correspondent Tayseer Alyoni, home...
(November 24, 2001)
Why they love us
A tongue-in-cheek look at the principles of reverse jealousy...
(November 22, 2001)
Eye on the press
Contradictory Newsweek college students and a plea for a more moral war
(November 10, 2001)
Why doesn't Afghanistan make Rolexes?
Arab politicians and pundits speak of a highjacked faith and
endlessly repeated scenarios.
(November 7, 2001)
A call for more
A former ambassador says the US and Egypt need to recognize the "intensity and level of ignorance" of their peoples regarding the other.
(October 31, 2001)
Satisfied for now
Egypt is caught up in a long-standing US foreign policy debate between coalition builders and unilateralists.
(October 30, 2001)
Anthrax scare
Cairo is not immune from global panic
Read more...(October 24, 2001)
War
TV: Debates all over the place
Two
talk shows -- one Arabic, the other English --
reveal
the need for greater understanding between societies and
peoples around the world. (October 17, 2001)
Letters
continue to pour in
about cairolive's coverage
of the aftermath of September 11. Read
the latest letters here
(October 16, 2001)
What's
in the mags:
Rose El-Youssef
calls Osama bin Laden The False Prophet, plus find out what's in Business
Monthly and Wighat Nazar
(October 15, 2001)
A
kidnapped Bush and The Book of Madness
Destroy your enemy, then become him, seems to be the long and short
of it. cairolive.com presents a detailed
critical analysis of Mohamed Hassanein Heikal's "An American and
International Inferno."
(October 15, 2001)
A psychological moment strikes hazardous chords
Why did Bin Laden's Al-Jazeera appearance strike a chord – and what does it
mean for the world?
(October 12, 2001)
Friday papers in Cairo:
"American massacre in Afghanistan"
(October 12, 2001)
An assault from all sides
A quick tour of clash TV
(October 11, 2001)
The beginning of a devastating film?
Egypt's politicians and pundits talk of war
(October 9, 2001)
Egyptian Foreign Minister tells American University crowd:
Wrong to think of US revision of foreign policy as response to terrorism.
In a wide ranging speech and question and answer session, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher crystallized Cairo's view on both the US attack on
Afghanistan and the changing perspectives for peace in the Middle East.
(October 9, 2001)
Bin Laden in the spotlight
Read all about the multi-faceted coverage of "A ghost who plays hide and seek in the mountains, and also plays hide and seek on television if necessary..."(October 9, 2001)
War produces comic wit
A restaurant, a human butcher, and the inability to win quiz shows (October 9, 2001)
Egyptian papers react:
Afghanistan is burning.
Take a first look at how the Arabic press is reacting to the war...(October 8, 2001)
US and UK strike Afghanistan
Bush, Blair and Rumsfeld assure the world: This is not a war against the Afghan people or against Islam.
Al-Jazeera broadcasts footage of bin Laden and his inner circle denouncing the US attack, and calling on all Muslims to defend themselves against US attacks.
(October 8, 2001)
Dardasha
Writer Ziauddin Sardar's comment that "terrorism breeds in the swamp of injustice," may provide a clue to the
overwhelmingly mysterious nature of the threat currently facing America – and the world.
(October 2, 2001)
Until their minds are at rest
At a travel fair in Cairo, the biggest question is "What's next?"
"Overall, the dull nervousness permeating the Fair was unable to cloud over the dreams that had been built and were still being envisaged."
An exclusive cairolive.com dispatch
(September 26, 2001)
What's in the mags
"Terrorism is more dangerous than war."
Find out how Al-Mussawir, Rose El-Youssef and Al-Ahram Al-Iktisadi dealt with the crisis.
"Where are the wise of the world?" asks writer Mahmoud Al-Saadani. "Are there still wise people in the world?"
Plus, cairolive gets a great review from Business Monthly
(September 24, 2001)
 More related news
Read the latest round-up of Egyptian news related to the World Trade Center and Pentagon disasters...
Armed guards on board Egyptair?
US students in Cairo critique American foreign policy
Cairo hosts stranded Americans
Egypt-US phone calls surge
(September 23, 2001)
Pre-Tuesday blues
Last week's World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks have resulted in an all round outpouring of news and views from around the world. Here, cairolive.com tours some of the most interesting writing that was out there in the days just before the tragedy -- Are these somehow clues as to why such a horrible act was committed?
(September 20, 2001)
Remember this?
Re-read the last installment of Darwich's story, and ask yourself whether now, Americans will still not know the difference between Egypt and Pakistan?
(September 20, 2001)
"A
Declaration of War against Whom?"
A comprehensive tour of the Egyptian press
in the wake of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks... Find
out what Ahmed Maher, Amr Moussa, Salama Ahmed Salama, Magdi Mehanna,
Osama Anwar Okasha, and Ahmed Bahgat had to say about the tragedy in
the States. (September
15, 2001)
Other related news:
Bin Laden's brother: The real Islam?
Caught in the rubble
Egyptair says "No more silverware." (September
15, 2001)
Editorial
Praying for patience and moderation (September
13, 2001)
Confusion
on the second day
 The
devastating terror attack on the US: New
developments from Cairo, New York, Washington, Afghanistan and around
the world (September
12, 2001)
Unimaginable terror:
Who will be hit next?
Cairenes -- like the rest of the world -- remain glued to their television screens early Wednesday morning, shocked by the
events unfolding before the world's eyes.
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