#the age
In a recent editorial published in The Age, former Australian Minister Peter Reith called on Australians to boycott Egypt. This boycott, he suggested, should not only consist of avoiding travel to the country that has gone through four Presidents in four years, but also stopping any funding of development projects in the country. Both of these ideas are a mistake and Australia should have a greater vision in mind. Here is why. As an Egyptian and a "journalist," I wholeheartedly…