In Memoriam: Tasheen Bashir
WASHINGTON–The United States Institute of Peace mourns the passing of Tahseen Bashir, a distinguished Egyptian diplomat and an Institute Senior Fellow in 1995-96. Mr. Bashir died of heart failure Tuesday in London. He was 77. Mr. Bashir served as spokesman to the first two of Egypt's three modern presidents–Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat–and later became known as an outspoken, unabashed and oft-quoted critic of Egyptian politics and government. During his fellowship at the U.S. Institut...