I’m in Bari, Italy, to speak at a conference but here’s my latest contribution to PostGlobal: By Mona Eltahawy President Hosni Mubarak, who recently turned 80, has ruled Egypt for 26 years. What compels his regime to arrest and bully young people – who have known no other leader – simply for creating Facebook groups [...]

I recorded a commentary for Marketplace on American Public Radio on Bush’s Mideast visit. Here’s the text: My family and friends in Egypt tell me they fear an impending explosion. Egyptians feel squeezed between skyrocketing food prices and stagnant salaries. Young activists there increasingly turn to the Internet to push for reform and to support the poor, [...]

By Mona Eltahawy BELLEVUE, OH — When a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf tried to place an order at a bakery in Waco, Texas recently, the clerk refused to serve her saying, “We’re at war with your people.” The distraught woman replied she was born and raised in the United States, and appealed to her [...]

By Mona Eltahawy NEW YORK — On any given day, the social networking site Facebook connects long lost friends and allows you to “poke” attractive strangers you wish would be your friends. But in Egypt, Facebook is the stage for the latest twist in the generation gap, playing host to politically hungry young Egyptians eager [...]