Obama visits Egypt

By Rachel Polster

President Obama is heading to Egypt to make an adress to Muslim world. Obama is the most popular American president in years in Egypt. However this region has had quite a long history of disappointment with the United States. There have been lots of pressures on dictators in the area and the Bush administration had a passion for Arab democracy. Egypt's powerful Islamist network, the Muslim Brotherhood made stunning gains in parliamentary elections in late 2005 and so the democratic push by the United States became less tense.

In another article, Al Qaeda issued an audio statement saying that the President is NOT welcome in Egypt. Ayman al-Zawahiri said that the relations between the United States and the Islamic world cannot be mended as long as the administration maintains its alliance with Israel. He also said that Obama had already made himself an enemy of Muslims by snending more soldiers to Afghanistan. It should be interesting to see how Obama presents himself to the Islamic world, and how they respond...