Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.

If a huge number of people call for change, the government will have to react. If you want to avoid uprisings, or demonstrations, you need to respond to the peoples desperate need for change.

I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household.

Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others.

Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.

No one should be put on trial without a valid reason. Former President Morsi must be treated with dignity. These are the conditions of national reconciliation.

Democracy is not an instant coffee.