http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin RSS Feed for Inq Col Trudy Rubin en-us Tue, 29 May 2012 11:41:43 GMT 2012-05-29T11:41:43Z en-us http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120529_Worldview_.html Trudy Rubin, reporting from Beirut, blogs about the massacre in Syria. Excerpt, A10. Read her blog at www.philly.com/ Tue, 29 May 2012 11:41:43 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120529_Worldview_.html 2012-05-29T11:41:43Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120527_Egyptian_voters_send_clear_message.html CAIRO, Egypt — Last week, Egyptian voters delivered a stunning setback to the Islamist candidate for president, who had anticipated an electoral triumph so great that it would catapult his movement to power throughout the Middle East. Sun, 27 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120527_Egyptian_voters_send_clear_message.html 2012-05-27T07:00:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120525_Won_t_get_fooled_again_.html CAIRO - When I interviewed young veterans of the January revolt in voter lines, and cafés, they all saw the vote as an extension of the revolution. They all rejected the so-called faloul candidates, with links to the past regime, meaning former Prime Mini Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120525_Won_t_get_fooled_again_.html 2012-05-25T07:00:00Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120524_Worldview__In_Egypt__genuine_political_discourse.html CAIRO - On the first day of the first free presidential election in Egyptian history, 10 young men sat in a circle in a rundown cafe in the working-class quarter of Saida Zainab. Thu, 24 May 2012 13:43:46 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120524_Worldview__In_Egypt__genuine_political_discourse.html 2012-05-24T13:43:46Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120520_An_Islamist_edge_in_Egypt_vote.html CAIRO — In Tahrir Square, the only reminders of last year’s Arab Spring are a handful of tattered tents and the hawkers who sell leftover trinkets from the revolution. Many secular Egyptians who once demanded democracy now fear that they ousted a secular autocracy only to see it replaced with an Islamic one — ushered in by the ballot. Yet the liberals, leftists, and moderate Muslims who organized the revolt failed to do the one thing that would block an Islamist victory — unite around a single candidate for the presidency in the first round of elections on Wednesday and Thursday. Sun, 20 May 2012 16:20:50 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120520_An_Islamist_edge_in_Egypt_vote.html 2012-05-20T16:20:50Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120517_Worldview__An_Egyptian_presidential_candidate_worth_watching.html CAIRO, Egypt - In this presidential campaign headquarters, in a second-floor apartment in the Cairo neighborhood of Garden City, young female volunteers in full veil work alongside women in colorful headscarfs and those with flowing, uncovered hair. All work side by side with young men as they scan video clips on their computers. Thu, 17 May 2012 17:03:50 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120517_Worldview__An_Egyptian_presidential_candidate_worth_watching.html 2012-05-17T17:03:50Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120513_Whither_political_Islam_.html The presidential candidates confronted each other in front of the TV cameras for four hours on Thursday, with only two breaks of about 30 minutes. They argued about security, the economy, education — and the role of sharia law. The location was Cairo. The more secular candidate, former diplomat Amr Moussa, accused his opponent of being an Islamist hard-liner in moderate’s clothing. The Islamist, former Muslim Brotherhood leader Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, accused Moussa of complicity in the former Hosni Mubarak regime. Sun, 13 May 2012 11:04:53 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120513_Whither_political_Islam_.html 2012-05-13T11:04:53Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120510_Worldview__Europe_s_anger-filled_elections_are_clues_for_U_S_.html In this week's Greek elections, the far-right, ultranationalist Golden Dawn party, whose members perform Nazi salutes at rallies, got 7 percent of the vote and entered Parliament for the first time. Its leader told journalists to stand upon his arrival at a news conference and ejected those who did not. Thu, 10 May 2012 12:12:18 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120510_Worldview__Europe_s_anger-filled_elections_are_clues_for_U_S_.html 2012-05-10T12:12:18Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/150225975.html President Obama had every right to celebrate the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death with U.S. troops in Kabul. No one can doubt the magnitude of that achievement — under his command. But everything else about Obama’s Afghan trip had a surreal feel, including his speech to the American public. After 11 years of war, the president had to slip in and out of the country under cover of darkness. Even more disturbing was how little resemblance the speech had to the facts on the ground. Sun, 06 May 2012 12:09:08 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/150225975.html 2012-05-06T12:09:08Z http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120503_Worldview__A_mess_in_China_that_could_yet_end_well.html No screenwriter could have dreamed up the saga of the blind Chinese human-rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng, a story so dramatic that it threatens to upend U.S.-Chinese relations - but offers China's leaders a unique chance to promote legal reforms. Thu, 03 May 2012 07:01:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/trudy_rubin/20120503_Worldview__A_mess_in_China_that_could_yet_end_well.html 2012-05-03T07:01:00Z