Democracy Is More Than A Ballot Box.

I Am An Egyptian Muslim, Educated In Cairo And New York, And Now Living In Vienna. My Wife And I Have Spent Half Our Lives In The North, Half In The South. And We Have Experienced First Hand The Unique Nature Of The Human Family And The Common Values We All Share.

Whether We Report Iran To The Council Or Not, I Believe The Only Way Forward Is Through Diplomacy.

The Dream Of Democracy Has Long Been Enshrined In The Hearts Of The Egyptian People. It Only Needed Awakening.

Barack Obama Has Injected Fresh Momentum Into Efforts - Stalled For A Decade - To Bring About Nuclear Disarmament.

Almost All Of The Liberal And Christian Members Of The Constitutional Commission Have Withdrawn, Because We All Fear That The Muslim Brotherhood Will Pass A Document With Islamist Undertones That Marginalizes The Rights Of Women And Religious Minorities. Who Sits In This Group? One Person, Who Wants To Ban Music, Because It's Allegedly Against Sharia Law; Another, Who Denies The Holocaust; Another, Who Openly Condemns Democracy.