Professor Juan Cole and Cairo-Based Analyst Issandr El Amrani on Obama's Historic Address
(Video) I was out earlier, saw part of the speech at a local cafe. And people are moderately excited, but really, at the end, curious about what he was going to say. From the reactions I’ve seen, they’re not overwhelmed. There were happy about some of the religious—the message of religious reconciliation that he gave. And I think, you know, we’re still going to have to wait to see what the speech is followed by in terms of concrete action. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Unlike Helen's "declareration in the Time's, Obama is praised and muted in the opinion of these experts. A report that was interesting,informing, and thoughtful. Thank Amy and Juan for an excellent article, as usual.