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Canada's writers and journalists: late to a revolutionThe Canadian Charger
February 17, 2011
Since January 25, during Egypt's pro-democracy revolution, many of the country writers and journalists were harassed, denied access to internet and cell phone service, forced to communicate lies to readers and viewers, lost their jobs and some were shot dead. Where were Canada's writers and journalists from all of this? Why have they not issued statements? Why did PEN wait until February 4 to issue a statement?
Egypt: Pope Shenouda's historical sin The Canadian Charger
February 16, 2011
Coptic Pope Shenouda III is not only a religious figure. Largely as a result of the precarious situation of Copts in Egypt, he has also felt it necessary to engage in Egyptian politics. Unfortunately for him, he recently bet on the wrong horse, namely Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt, Israel and US: Universal Jurisdiction, a major tool for justice Professor Lawrence Davidson
February 16, 2011
One of the really progressive acts that followed the end of World War II was the establishment of the principle of universal jurisdiction (UJ). UJ is a legal process that allows states that are signatories to various international treaties and conventions (such as the Geneva conventions) to prosecute alleged violators of these treaties, even when these violations are committed outside the country's usual jurisdiction.
Will democracy in Egypt benefit the Palestinians?Alan Hart
February 16, 2011
For decades and despite much rhetoric to the contrary, American-led Western policy has been to prefer Arab dictatorship (authoritarianism in various forms) to Arab democracy. This preference was determined by two main assessments.
People liberating Egypt, next Gaza, says Jeff HalperScott Stockdale
February 16, 2011
In the same way that people power liberated Egypt, it should also break the siege of Gaza, according to Jeff Halper, co-founded the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). Born in Minnesota, Mr. Halper is an author, lecturer, and political activist based in Jerusalem, who holds Israeli and U.S. citizenship.
History is made, and the future opensSalam Elmenyawi
February 16, 2011
Muslims and Christians, women and men, young and old Egyptians came together to topple oppression and broken promises.
Egypt's Revolution - a YouTube diary Dr. Mohamed Bakr
February 16, 2011
I, like many Egyptian Canadians and Egyptians worldwide, had an unbelievable experience following the evolving events of the Egyptian revolution.
Freedom of Information, for real?Reuel S. Amdur
February 16, 2011
"We only get as much an open government as we demand," said Jim Bronskill, in a presentation to the Ottawa Council of Women on February 15. He was describing the current state of affairs with availability of information from the federal government. His major areas of interest as a Canadian Press journalist are security, intelligence, policing, and justice.
Heikal: 'I was sure my country would explode. But the young are wiser than us'Robert Fisk
February 16, 2011
The old man's voice is scathing, his mind like a razor, that of a veteran fighter, writer, sage, perhaps the most important living witness and historian of modern Egypt, turning on the sins of the regime that tried to shut him up forever.
Mubarak to leave "in dignity"?The Canadian Charger
February 10, 2011
What next in Egypt? The U.S. has gone back and forth, at one point saying that change must occur "yesterday", and then the tune changed. "We need to get a national consensus around the pre-conditions for the next step forward. The President must stay in office to steer those changes," said special envoy Frank Wisner.

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In the second instalment of Women of the Resistance, Dimitri Lascaris speaks with Palestinian-Canadian artist, Rehab Nazzal.