A View From Cairo: A Response to “Behind the Scenes of the ‘Innocence of Muslims'”

Kelsey Norman In the recent PPGR post, “Behind the Scenes of the ‘Innocence of Muslins’”, Freshta Raoufi asked why the protests and demonstrations in reaction to the film Innocence of Muslims became so pervasive. She provided two ‘key policy factors’ as answers: the United States government’s response and (in)action, and the power of private entities in…

The Digital Revolution is Turning into a Real Revolution

Last Friday there was fire in Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez and the CBC’s main story was about a TTC driver caught texting. Two governments are overthrown in key Arab countries and all the major Canadian networks appear to be clueless. The funny thing is that this is not surprising. For my generation, it is a…