Tweet The Accidental Hero!! In his book “Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the America Era,” Joseph Nye of Harvard University divided American presidents into two groups. One is made up of “transformational” leaders — those with the grandiose goal of using American influence to spread democracy and liberty around the world. The second group contains “transactional” leaders — pragmatists who have modest goals. Although I don’t completely agree with Mr. Nye’s conclusions, I agree with his premise of classifying leaders. But in Egypt this may not apply, since it where it has been a different kind of heroes, the accidental hero. In the post-colonial era, Egypt has been consistently…
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Solveig Staal, From Norway with Love.. for Palestinians!!
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Notes from America; The killing of Muslims won’t be televised
TweetNotes from America; The killing of Muslims won’t be televised Daily News Egypt By Ahmed Tharwat It’s so sad to hear people saying we should “Kill Jews” or “Kill Palestinians”. “As if that’s going to solve anything SMH (shaking My head)” tweeted Deah Barakat, a 23-year-old student who was shot, according to his father, execution style, along with his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19. The shooting took place on Tuesday in their apartment near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. The suspect, as it was reported, is a 46-year-old Craig Stephen Hicks, surrendered and was arrested on was charges of first-degree murder.…