This post actually started as a comment on a friend’s blog, but it turned into a bit of a diatribe that seemed to deserve its own post. My apologies to those of you for whom the references to day-old bagels, cement boats and opportunivores will make no sense. And I …
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May Day, May Day—This is Egypt—عيد العمال في مصر
This article was commissioned for Is Greater Than In this year’s May Day address to the nation, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak promised government workers a 30% salary increase. This came a day after the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest parliamentary opposition group, unexpectedly called upon its members to participate in a …