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Muslim Brothers Make the Obama Cut

CAIRO--Good news for political reformers and Islamists: In an unexpected bit of diplomatic choreography, several members of the Muslim Brotherhood have been invited to attend Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo tomorrow. This is a small triumph for the many people upset that Obama’s visit would simply affirm Hosni Mubarak’s near-monopoly on political discourse here, and if reports are true that the invitation came after a push for Washington, suggests that Obama isn’t putting on a show perf..

Egyptian-Style Democracy - Or Pakistani?

There’s a joke that made the rounds in Egypt in which Jimmy Carter, who’s up for reelection, calls Anwar Sadat to bellyache about his low poll numbers and his fear that he’ll lose to Ronald Reagan. Sadat says: “Don’t worry. I’ll send my finest election observers to help you.”..