Dostour Party, Ottawa Chapter Roundtable on the Egyptian Constitutional Crisis, Dec. 8, 2012

Dec 13

On December 8, 2012, the Ottawa Chapter of the Egyptian Dostour (Constitution) Party organized a roundtable at Carleton University.  Paul Sedra, May Telmessany, and I were the featured speakers, followed by a robust discussion with the public.  Links to the event are below:

part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOTZ2Ip67io
part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jOO_-7rtQ8&feature=youtu.be
part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewYQXqjoMS8
part 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28JcnDsfAHg
part 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvxt1i3vR-k
part 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIbPmFtjoWw

Many thanks to the event’s organizers, Ahmed Doha, Mina Riad and Reem el Sharif, for the excellent work they did in putting this event together.

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A Detailed Response to “Khaled Fahmy’s 32 Reasons to Vote No” to the Draft Constitution, Part I

Dec 05

A few days ago, I posted some general observations about Professor Khaled Fahmy’s “32 Reasons to Vote No” to the draft constitution.  In what follows, I will give detailed reactions to his first seven points. I hope to get to the remaining points over the next few days, if the country has not gone to hell by that time.

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