The One’s visit!  So…here we are… a few hours before Obama's
historic visit to Cairo, and I am one of the few Egyptians who
has got an invite to see him, and.. ehhh… I am not that
excited.I mean, I will go see him, but I can't say that I am
enthused about it. Maybe because I know that, despite of the
gesture and its importance, it's simply words, and it signals
the return of a US foriegn policy that does coddle dictators and
extreemists. Nahh, that can't be it, because I never expected it
to be any different. A return to good diplomatic relations with
the US biggest sunni arab ally does mean turning the blind eye
to some…small violations of human rights. I get that. It makes
sense. and Part of me does want my country to have good
relations with the US again. So, nahh.. not it.  And the thing
is, it's hard to decide what is it that bothers me, because of
the magnitude of the visit. I mean, while I thought it made
perfect sense for egypt to get chosen, arabs still make like 20%
of the entire muslim population,