Ahmed abou hashima biography of georgetown
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Post-Elections Egypt: Revolution or Pact?
For many people, it is compelling, if not intuitive, to think of Egypt’s parliamentary elections as a logical extension of what Egyptians started on 25 January 2011. Elections, the conventional reasoning goes, are a critical step in Egypt’s transition toward a democratic form of governance that is poised to replace the decades-old rule of former President Hosni Mubarak’s now-defunct National Democratic Party. Seen from the inside, however, this reasoning seems fairly detached from a much more complex reality.
The Universe of Transition
It has become embarrassingly obvious for most Egyptians that the advent of parliamentary elections has divided the country into two “universes” that, for the time being, seem very distant from one another: the “universe of transition” and the “universe of revolution.” The universe of transition is occupied and led by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) and a host of elite politicians who, for dif
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Sisi’s Crusade
What Mohamed Soltan still can’t get over, six years later, is the smell. He rubs his fingers together, trying to conjure the odor, “of smoke mixed with tear gas and the iron smell of blood.” In 2013 he was a twenty-five-year-old graduate of the Ohio State University, living in Cairo in the chaotic days after a popular uprising had unseated Hosni Mubarak from Egypt’s presidency and a military council had taken over. But Soltan wasn’t like other Egyptian-American expats or some of the foreign correspondents he’d met that year who cheered when, in July, a military coup ousted the newly sworn-in president, Mohamed Morsi, of the Muslim Brotherhood. Soltan disdained outsiders parachuting in, looking for the most radical Islamist leader to give them a sound bite so that they could file their story, denounce the Muslim Brotherhood, and move on.
He wasn’t a Morsi supporter, either. Not like his father, a senior figure affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and a professor at
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RISING BEYOND THE CEILING2023
A first ever collective of its kind, Rising Beyond The Ceiling USA captures the diversity and accomplishments of 100 contemporary Muslim women from India in the United States
Rising Beyond The Ceiling (RBTC) is a global initiative to shine a spotlight on achievements and contributions of Muslim women of India, both in the country and in countries around the world. The vision of RBTC is 3 Cs- Celebrating Achievements, Changing Stereotypes and Creating Leadership Opportunities.
The United States RBTC 100 Global Inspirations List seeks to spotlight Muslim women from India who have made their mark in different professions in the USA. The 100 stories capture the resilience, challenges and their immigrant experience in building a career in a new environment and country.
All RBTC 100 USA honorees have done their initial studies in educational institutions in India and later moved to the USA. They have contributed and received accolades an