Michael Petrou on the shifting alliances of Egypt’s revolution
Mubarak supporters, opponents march together in Tahrir Square
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Michael Petrou
Senior writer Michael Petrou has covered conflict across the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia. He is the author of ’Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War’, which was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award, and ’Is This Your First War? Travels Through the Post-9/11 Islamic World’, which won it. He has a DPhil from the University of Oxford.
On the heels of revolution in Egypt, existential questions in the struggle for democracy
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Michael Petrou on the Muslim Brotherhood in post-revolution Egypt
Maajid Nawaz talks of turning the tide
Michael Petrou talks to Maajid Nawaz, author of Radical: My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awakening
Egypt’s struggle for democracy continues
Michael Petrou on the storm now brewing
Why Canada should support the Palestinian membership bid at the UN
And why Israel should too
SLIDESHOW: Egypt, a country divided
In this video gallery, Michael Petrou describes hopes and fears in the wake of revolution
What to watch for in Gaza
Michael Petrou on unanswered questions in the conflict
Israel and Hamas on the brink of something much worse
Michael Petrou explains the stakes
Irwin Cotler on imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Cotler, in the House, continues his good and mostly ignored fight on Iran here . His point about our focus on Iran’s nuclear issue...