Comments for The Chronikler

Comment on Egyptian presidential election: Who should the revolution vote for? by AbdulRahman

AbdulRahman — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:35:00 +0000

I chose Ali because i
don’t think pragmatism will deliver, and if it won’t, then it defeats
its own purpose. Voting for Ali, also, isn’t devoid of pragmatism if you
put in mind the presidential/parliamentary term that follows.

Comment on Egyptian presidential election: Who should the revolution vote for? by Osama Diab

Osama Diab — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:35:00 +0000

The idealist in me agrees.

Comment on Egyptian presidential election: Who should the revolution vote for? by Osama Diab

Osama Diab — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:34:00 +0000

I roughly mean pro-revolution
forces who don’t think the revolution ended with the toppling of
Mubarak like the Ikhwan or the SCAF.

Comment on Egyptian presidential election: Who should the revolution vote for? by Mourrani

Mourrani — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:33:00 +0000

But what you mean with the “Tahrir voting bloc”?

Comment on Egyptian presidential election: Who should the revolution vote for? by Mourrani

Mourrani — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:32:00 +0000

Good article.

Comment on The battle for the soul of the Arab man by Moshe

Moshe — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:32:00 +0000

Once again, an outstanding piece of journalism! Apart from the quality of the writing, I appreciate your exploration of more nuanced themes that seem to elude normative journalistic coverage. (In fact, most of the contributions I read in the Chronikler have that same edge, the daring to venture into unexplored territory, which in my view makes for interesting and refreshing reading.)

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Comment on The Arab myth of Western women by voxlogica

voxlogica — Sun, 13 May 2012 20:23:00 +0000

you are an uneducated, slack-jawed idiot.

Comment on Atheists: Egypt’s forgotten minority by Anonymousstrikes

Anonymousstrikes — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:48:00 +0000

I did same with a girl labeled muslim but really an atheist, I told them I was a jacobin atheist, and when the official started lipping I told them we butchered all the priests and the royal family in the 1700s for pushing the same policies. Long story short as far as the egyptian government is concerned we are not lawfully married.

Comment on Atheists: Egypt’s forgotten minority by Anonymousstrikes

Anonymousstrikes — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:44:00 +0000

My opinion, I think political islam needs the same treatment political christianity got in France. A heavy dose of jacobinism is what that part of the world needs.