a knack for scoring interviews with important people. (In the same edition as my piece, titled "Egypt's Next Generation," there was an interview with Gamal Mubarak, son of long-term Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who had already begun his rise — though not yet his eventual fall - as heir apparent.) A few year

an interview with Akher Sa'a before the January 2011 Revolution, the then Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide said that he would have no problem with Gamal Mubarak running for EFTA00662877 president. He went on to praise President Mubarak in glowing terms. Echoing his sentiments, Morsi said: "We have kept el

— quit Arab lands. In Tunisia, a hairdresser-turned-despot's wife, Leila Ben Ali, now pronounced on all public matters; in Egypt the despot's son, Gamal Mubarak, brazenly staked a claim to power over 80 million people; in Syria, Hafez al-Assad had pulled off a stunning feat, turning a once-rebellious republ

icate the Taiwan model: to have elderly autocrats lay the foundations for liberalizing heirs to undertake reforms. Hopes for change now rested with Gamal Mubarak in Egypt and Saif-al- Islam Gadhafi in Libya being able to take the reins of power. This strategy continued during the first years of the Obama adm

— quit Arab lands. In Tunisia, a hairdresser-turned-despot's wife, Leila Ben Ali, now pronounced on all public matters; in Egypt the despot's son, Gamal Mubarak, brazenly staked a claim to power over 80 million people; in Syria, Hafez al-Assad had pulled off a stunning feat, turning a once-rebellious republ