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Friday round-up: updates on recent posts

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May 23rd post: Egypt’s presidential election (and why it may be more important than ours)

Campaign signs with candidate photos on a pillar

(CCL Zeinab Mohamed)

Egypt is in trouble.

Big trouble.

Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, all Mubarak appointees, orchestrated a bloodless coup yesterday, just before this weekend’s scheduled presidential run-off election.

The top two vote-getters in the May presidential primary–former dictator Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, and Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi–are scheduled for a run-off election tomorrow and Sunday.

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Maya’s story: Everyone deserves a voice

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Little girl in little chair with standard poodle beside her

Maya and Parker (Courtesy Dana Nieder)

Imagine that you’ve just turned four. (If you really did, you can skip this part.) Your name is Maya. And you are, to quote your mother, wiggly and giggly. You’ve got a mischievous streak, and a perfect partner in crime: Parker, your standard poodle.

Now. Imagine that you can’t speak. You can say “done.” And, sometimes, “bye” and “mama” and “dada.” But the muscles that control your speech production are just too weak and disorganized to get you any further.

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