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Wasil Rezk

REZK: Egypt Must Balance Regional Alliances

By Wasil Rezk November 29, 2016

The Syrian civil war has not only been a point of contention between the United States and Russia, but has also entangled regional powers in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The two countries...

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REZK: Common Ground Spurs Cooperation

By Wasil Rezk November 8, 2016

Within much of the Arab world, relations with Israel have always been a contentious subject due to a history full of wars and disputes. However, public opinion is gradually changing, particularly in Egypt....

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REZK: Reforms Combat Radicalization

By Wasil Rezk September 20, 2016

Today, the presence of the so-called Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq threatens not only the Middle East, but the entire world. The terrorist organization has conquered vast areas of Iraq and Syria...

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Keeping Egypt Out of the Dark

By Lauren Gros September 18, 2014

It has become a daily event for Egyptian people to lose touch with the modern world. Some neighborhoods lose touch six times a day for up to two hours. The cause of this barbaric isolation is Egypt’s...

Professor Charged With Espionage

By Kit Clemente January 31, 2014

Former visiting professor Emad Shahin, an Egyptian political scientist, has been charged with espionage in conjunction with several other dissidents by the army-controlled Egyptian government, he revealed...

Study Abroad Program Relocates to Jordan

By Sam Abrams December 6, 2013

A new summer study abroad option in Amman, Jordan, will replace the Office of International Programs’ offerings in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, that were cancelled because of turmoil in the region last...

Professors Compare Emerging Democracies

By Elaina Koros September 6, 2013

Three Georgetown professors highlighted the similarities among the maturing democracies of Egypt, Turkey and Brazil at a panel discussion Wednesday. Government professor Charles King, international...

Alum Deported From Bahrain

By Emma Hinchliffe August 13, 2013

Georgetown graduate Erin Kilbride (COL ’12) was deported from Bahrain on Saturday for what the government described as her “radical” writings on Twitter and other websites. Kilbride, originally...

Egypt Summer Program Cancelled

By Mallika Sen April 3, 2013

The Office of International Programs has cancelled the Georgetown 2013 Summer Program in Alexandria, Egypt due to safety concerns. The OIP Division of Overseas Studies released a message this afternoon...

Film Captures Education Inequality

By Allie Doughty March 22, 2013

After watching a 30-minute preview of the documentary Girl Rising, I was more moved than I had been by every movie that I had seen in 2012 combined. Directed by Richard Robbins, the film traces the...

Picking Up the Pieces

By Sarah Amos August 19, 2012

CAIRO — As the crowds marched to Tahrir Square Wednesday, a sense of excitement coursed through the dusty air. Young boys sold Egyptian flags. Vendors smoked sweet potatoes in wheeled wood burning...

Arrested Abroad

By Upasana Kaku April 27, 2012

Four months ago, Derrik Sweeney (COL ’13) landed in St. Louis, Mo., marking the end of a four-day-long ordeal that began when he was arrested by Egyptian police for protesting in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. As...

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