Ahmet, in Tunisia, sent me this: "Asad....How fitting that
Brandeis University hosts this chief Mubarak propagandist and apologist to speak
and lecture about Arab uprisings-- the former director of the Ahram Center,
Abdel Monem Said. And of course he is there to comfort them about Camp David:
"A two-month teaching stint in Brandeis University gave me
the opportunity to give and attend lectures in Boston, Washington, New York and
Chicago. Many of these had to do with the spate of revolutions in our part of
the world. Everywhere I went, I found people wondering how the Arab Spring would
influence Arab-Israeli relations. But for me the more pertinent question is how
the Arab Spring would turn out; namely, whether we'll sail smoothly towards
democracy or get shipwrecked in high seas.""