“I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.” StatesParentBornUnitedUnited StatesGrewCitizensGrew UpBritainEgyptAmerican CitizensSeventeenGreat BritainEgyptianMalaysiaKuwait Book:Moving the Mountain: A New Vision of Islam in America Source: Moving the Mountain: A New Vision of Islam in America
“The people on the streets of Egypt and Tunisia and Libya and Syria and Iran have done more to defeat the ideology of Al Qaeda than anything that the United States has done. They have shown that there is a third way, that with peaceful protest you can have an end to dictatorship and a role for human dignity, a role for your religious faith in society.” PeopleWayHumansEndsStatesDoneReligiousUnitedRolesUnited StatesStreetsDignityThirdsDefeatPeacefulIdeologyProtestIranAlsDictatorshipSyriaEgyptReligious FaithAl QaedaHuman DignityLibyaPeaceful ProtestTunisia Author:Reza Aslan
“I would like to extend to you our deep appreciation and thanks for the position the United States has taken in support of the democratization process that has taken place in Tunisia, in Egypt, and what is attempting to take place in Libya.” StatesProcessUnitedUnited StatesSupportTakenPositionAppreciationThanksEgyptAttemptingLibyaDemocratizationTunisia Author:Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
“Al Jazeera is demonized by the United States, yet in Egypt my father would be watching it.” StatesWould BeFatherUnitedUnited StatesAlsEgypt Author:Jehane Noujaim
“Many of the fights that are going on are not ones that the United States has either started or have a role in. The Shia-- Sunni split, the dictatorships that have suppressed people's aspirations, the increasing globalization without any real safety valve for people to have a better life. We saw that in Egypt. We saw a dictator overthrown, we saw Muslim Brotherhood president installed and then we saw him ousted and the army back.” PeopleRealStatesFightingPresidentUnitedRolesUnited StatesSawsArmySafetyAspirationBrotherhoodSplitsDictatorshipDictatorEgyptGlobalizationBetter LifeValveMuslim Brotherhood Author:Hillary Clinton