There’s a new, must-watch online video, “The Three Big Pigs”, that uses the wonderfully addictive mobile game Angry Birds to comment on political change in… Read More »Angry birds, dictatorial pigs, satirical Russians
Like anyone else trying to keep track of the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, the protests in Libya, Bahrain, Iran, Yemen and elsewhere, a pivotal… Read More »Watching Bahrain through a friend’s eyes, heartbroken
First, Mabrook to all my Egyptian friends on their success in ousting Mubarak and to my Tunisian friends for proving that peaceful protest can lead… Read More »Goodbye, Mubarak: Hope, Fear and Mahir ÇaÄŸrı
2011 has been a remarkable year for rapid political change. Spurred on by Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate self-immolation, protests in the central Tunisian town of Sidi… Read More »Tunisia, Egypt, Gabon? Our responsibility to witness
This week started for me with a huge event in my family’s life – after six years of study, my wife was ordained with a… Read More »A reflection on Tunisia
On December 17, a 26 year old Tunisian man named Mohamed Bouazizi reached the end of his rope. An unemployed university graduate, Bouazizi had become… Read More »What if Tunisia had a revolution, but nobody watched?