tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post8928489354328532414..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: NYT: Is Fayza Abu'l-Naga Challenging SCAF?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-20469814987796943152012-02-23T21:30:35.970-05:002012-02-23T21:30:35.970-05:00Stephanie:
I have no way of knowing. She's be...Stephanie:<br /><br />I have no way of knowing. She's been a survivor, one of the last Mubarak people still in the Cabinet. Maybe she believes it, but I still don't think she's acting <i>against</i> SCAF.Michael Collins Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398326467953722017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-2171977121737766002012-02-19T19:29:23.599-05:002012-02-19T19:29:23.599-05:00Mike, so is it your read that SCAF is either letti...Mike, so is it your read that SCAF is either letting her run amok or is actively encouraging her? I guess my question then is, why would she take on this task if there's a real risk she'd take the fall if things go badly? She seems smart enough to see that coming. <br /><br />It makes sense in the NYTimes interpretation that she's doing it to play on popular opinion and solidify her own position in power. The SCAF does seem willing to give up token gestures when the public rallies, for example the end of the Emergency Law. Maybe she's testing that theory and betting public support would keep her safe?<br /><br />I don't favor one interpretation or another, just wondering what she'd gain by volunteering to be the public face of SCAF's gamble.Stephanie Swierczekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07611426708044704886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-61046420094405530242012-02-15T14:32:16.188-05:002012-02-15T14:32:16.188-05:00Mostafa:
Thanks for reinforcing my guess. Also an...Mostafa:<br /><br />Thanks for reinforcing my guess. Also an excellent point about the West being unlikely to urge the dismissal of the only woman in the government.Michael Collins Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398326467953722017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-24895720572349341692012-02-15T13:54:23.685-05:002012-02-15T13:54:23.685-05:00Agree... I personally find it far fetched that, if...Agree... I personally find it far fetched that, if she were in fact acting independently, SCAF would not have the power to remove her. (as you correctly point out every other minister seems unable to take decisions without SCAF approval, let alone defy them!) <br /><br />Additionally, think that SCAF feels/knows the $1.3B is safe (Pentagon vs State Dept vs Congress perspectives: http://ow.ly/95LdK)<br /><br />On a larger note, several things I have read and some people I know say/tell me that she is well spoken, presentable, independent, etc. etc. and the only reason I mention this is because it seems that they are using that to their advantage! I mean the West can't openly call for the dismissal of the one female in the completely patriarchal Egyptian society - particuarly a non-veiled, liberal one... She has been around for ages (great Masry Al Youm article with detailed career history: http://ow.ly/95KWi) so she either has first on people in power, knows the right people and helps them in some meaningful way...Mostafahttp://www.ducoht.orgnoreply@blogger.com