tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post2217823873613295437..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: Obama is Coming: Round Up the Usual SuspectsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-52330534891800412192009-06-02T10:26:07.838-04:002009-06-02T10:26:07.838-04:00Another good reason for the choice of Cairo Univer...Another good reason for the choice of Cairo University is that it has the best American politics program I know of in the Arab world. It is run by Professor Mohamed Kamal, a SAIS PhD and for several months after he got the doctorate an MEI Resident Scholar. He regularly sends groups of his students to Washington for an end of course exercise, which I think is funded by the State Department, one of State's more enlightened exchange programs. When I have met with them at MEI, I have been very impressed by the depth of their knowledge of the American political system, including the committee system in the Congress and the perspectives of various Members of that branch. I think that Mohamed may now be a rising star in the NDP. At least, I have seen references to someone with that name. Obama can expect some very well informed questions when he meets with the Cairo U students.David Macknoreply@blogger.com