We arrive in the capital on the 1st of March. It is the first real city after Chiang Mai 5 weeks earlier. Way bigger than the small Vientiane. You have all facilities, and even some towers hosting banks. The traffic…
Iran’s political system
As an Islamic theology, Iran has a very particular political system, which can be split in 2 parts to simplify it: the “normal” democratic branch with elected presidency (now Ahmadinejad) and parliament; and the Guardian Council. The Guardian Council is…
Results of the Egyptian Elections
The details of the results can be shown in In the first round, 3 candidates got more than 20% of the votes: Shafik, the former prime minister Morsi, an independent candidate from the party founded by the Muslim Brotherhood who…
Politics in Egypt
Coming in this time in Egypt is very interesting, between the French and Egyptian presidential election! Walking in the streets, everybody asks you “where you from”, I answer “France”. The reaction is then “Sarkozy out, good!” It is pretty clear…