Blog Posts by Christiane Amanpour, Matthew Drake, Iva Zoric, David Miller & Mark Monroy

  • Amanpour in Egypt: What Morsi Means for Women, Israel and the U.S.

    By Christiane Amanpour, Matthew Drake, Iva Zoric, David Miller & Mark Monroy | Around the World – Tue, Jun 26, 2012

    For the first time in Egypt's existence, Mohammed Morsi has become not only the countries first freely elected President, but also the first Islamic head of state in an Arab Country.

    It's a joyous moment as Egyptians take to the streets to celebrate, but the work to restore democracy is far from over as a tug-of-war for power has just begun between the newly elected President and Egypt's ruling military.

    Even though Morsi is President, The Egyptian military still holds all meaningful power including wanting a say in how Egypt's next constitution is written.

    But as the situation remains fluid, issues like the treatment of women will serve as a barometer for success. Morsi has promised equal rights for all women, even announcing that he will be selecting a woman as his Vice President.

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  • Ghost of Gadhafi Haunts Libya’s Future

    By Christiane Amanpour, Matthew Drake, Iva Zoric, David Miller & Mark Monroy | Around the World – Wed, Jun 6, 2012

    While Tunisia and Egypt saw their heads of state overthrown, the uprising in Libya was the only true, and full revolution.  Muammar Ghaddafi ran the country like a family mafia and when he was overthrown the Libyan people were left without any government or structure to build from.

    The evidence of that can be seen today throughout the country where there is no functioning justice system, no army, and piles of trash are building up because there isn't a government to provide basic public needs.

    Even though the National Transition Council is recognized internationally as Libya's acting representative, the power is really spread out among the countries many tribal militias who act at regional police.

    To discuss Libya and the struggle they're going through to start over, Christiane Amanpour sits down with author Lindsey Hilsum whose new book Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution, is a firsthand account of the Libyan revolution.

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