American Egypt researcher says Mubarak “exploiting” country

Bikya Masr

30 August 2009

CAIRO: Lisa Blaides, an American researcher specialized in Egyptian and the Arab world affairs, who won an award last week for her work and research on Egypt under President Hosni Mubarak’s era, said that the Egyptian political elite is “exploiting” and manipulating politics for personal interests and that elections in Egypt are a means to maintain the regime’s power and status quo.  read more »