I

conducted this interview with Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim almost two months ago, but it was not

complete. The atmosphere was very tense because he considered the questions a sort of an insult

to him. Dr. Ibrahim calls for freedom and democracy all the time, so how can he get angry at a

question, whatever the question may be? The interviews discuss the issues of American-Egyptian

relations, political reform, foreign funds received by the Ibn Khaldoun Center and the opinion of

Dr. Ibrahim on problems of Copts in Egypt.