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On AlterNet: cairo

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "cairo"

Do You Really Think Arabs in the Middle East Clapped for Obama's Speech?

Do You Really Think Arabs in the Middle East Clapped for Obama's Speech?

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. June 9, 2009.
What do words of peace and cooperation mean from us when we torture -- yes, we still torture -- Muslims?

"They Ogle, Touch, Use the Filthiest Language Imaginable": Why is Sexual Harrassment on the Rise in Egypt?

Cam McGrath, IPS News. June 5, 2009.
According to women in Cairo, the intensity of street-level sexual harassment has increased in the past decade.

Obama's Cairo Speech: A Home Run?

Obama's Cairo Speech: A Home Run?

Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. June 5, 2009.
President Obama hit almost all the right notes today in his possibly game-changing speech aimed at repairing America's rift with the Muslim world.

The Right Finds Its New Attack on Obama

The Right Finds Its New Attack on Obama

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: World. June 4, 2009.
Only a few hours after his historic speech conservatives go after the president.

Obama's Cairo Speech [Video and Transcript]

Mark Ristaino, AlterNet: World. June 4, 2009.
Watch Obama's historic speech on the relationship between America and the Muslim world.

Obama's Cairo Speech and His Incredible Quote About Israel and Palestine

Obama's Cairo Speech and His Incredible Quote About Israel and Palestine

Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. June 4, 2009.
"Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's."

Obama's Cairo Speech Promises 'New Beginning' With Muslim World; Condemns West Bank Settlements

Obama's Cairo Speech Promises 'New Beginning' With Muslim World; Condemns West Bank Settlements

Agence France PresseJune 4, 2009.
"There is so much fear, so much mistrust," the president said. "But if we choose to be bound by the past, we will never move forward."

Bush Left America's Standing in the Mideast at Rock Bottom -- Can Obama Turn It Around in Cairo?

Bush Left America's Standing in the Mideast at Rock Bottom -- Can Obama Turn It Around in Cairo?

Ali Gharib, Jared Levy, IPS News. June 4, 2009.
"We have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam," Obama says ahead of his major speech in Egypt.

A Majority of Cairo Women Face Street Harassment

A Majority of Cairo Women Face Street Harassment

Joseph Mayton, Manar Ammar, Women News Network. October 21, 2008.
The streets of Cairo continue to be unsafe for women despite activist attempts to draw attention to verbal and physical abuse in public spaces.

Living in Cairo Is the Same as Smoking a Pack a Day

Living in Cairo Is the Same as Smoking a Pack a Day

Leslie-Ann Boctor, IPS News. October 23, 2007.
The average resident of Cairo ingests more than 20 times the acceptable level of air pollution a day, the same as a pack of cigarettes.