I spoke on a plenary at J-Street’s Second Annual Conference on the implications of revolutions and uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. I stressed that the rally for freedom and dignity sweeping the region would not stop at the borders of Palestine and I challenged J-Street and Israel to join a revolution for [...]

By Mona Eltahawy Huffington Post, Feb. 23, 2011 NEW YORK – If Tunisia kicked down the door of the Arab imagination by showing it was possible to topple a dictator, Egypt drew a blueprint of non-violence for the house of revolution that detailed how to demolish a stubbornly entrenched dictator and now in Libya a [...]

I was on a PBS Frontline programme on Egypt’s Revolution and the role of the Muslim Brotherhood. Here’s the transcript of the full interview I gave Frontline in which I explain that the revolution gave the middle finger to many things. I was featured in this Newsweek piece on talking heads on Egypt.

I was on To the Point with Warren Olney today to talk about Libya. Other guests were Vivienne Walt (Reporter, Time Magazine), Susan Glasser (Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Policy Magazine), Mohamed ElJahmi (Libya-American Activist) and Mansour El-Kikhia (Professor of Political Science, University of Texas-San Antonio) Mohamed’s brother, Fathi, died in 2009 after spending years in Gaddafi’s jails [...]

I was on Canada’s CBC to highlight the slaughter of Libyans rising up against Muammar Gaddafi and also on CTV to urge more international condemnation and awareness of business and oil deals at the expense of Libyan lives.

I was on Canada’s CTV on Saturday to discuss the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Libya and Bahrain and how U.S. interests weigh in on the geopolitics of several uprisings in the region.

I spoke about the Egyptian revolution, women’s rights and sexual assault and harassment in Egypt with CNN American Morning’s Kiran Chetry.

I was on CTV and CBC Connect on Wednesday to talk about women’s rights, the sexual assault of Lara Logan and Egypt’s revolution.

CBS Sunday Morning broadcast my video essay on how Egypt’s revolution toppled both a dictator and stereotypes of Arabs I was part of a roundtable on Egypt along with Arianna Huffington, George Will and Robert Kagan on This Week with Christiane Amanpour. When was the last time you saw more women than men on a [...]

Here’s how I reacted to news that Hosni Mubarak had stepped down as president of Egypt after an 18-day uprising on a Brian Lehrer Show special on revolutions. Lot of hard work to do now but well worth celebrating!

Here’s my contribution to the NYTimes.com Room for Debate panel asking “Is Caution the Right U.S. Strategy” for Egypt’s revolution. Blinking and Backing Down By Mona Eltahawy Hosni Mubarak has ruled Egypt for 30 years, keeping the country in a state of emergency for every one of those years, overseeing one forged election after the [...]

On CNN American Morning, I discussed distrust of Omar Suleiman, Frank Wisner’s conflict of interest and news of impending release of Wael Ghonim. Discussing who speaks for whom in Egypt on PBS Newshour, I further expanded on distrust of Suleiman and Wisner/US administration and also highlighted the likelihood of Wael Ghonim’s release to galvanize pro-democracy [...]

I took Egypt’s revolution to Real Time With Bill Maher and continued the discussion on Overtime.

I was on CNN American Morning to discuss what the US could do in reaction to Egypt’s uprising. I explained Mubarak’s “parallel universe” also on CNN American Morning. On NPR’s Tell Me More, I highlighted the role of women in Egypt’s revolution On the Dylan Ratigan Show/MSNBC, we discussed the Day of Departure and would [...]

I spoke about Mubaraks Day of Chaos on the Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC. And reacted to Mubarak’s thuggery on CBC’s Connect.

I was on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman to talk about Egypt’s revolution, the youth, and Israel support for Mubarak. I was on PBS Newshour along with Michele Dunne and Tarek Masoud to discuss the opposition and who could emerge to negotiate over Egypt’s political future. I was on CBC Connect to react to Mubarak’s [...]

It was a thrill to be featured on Jezebel which described me as “The Woman Who’s Explaining Egypt to the West”. Trying my best to amplify the voices and courage of Egypt’s uprising.