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Items by Iqbal Sonaullah
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Modern conflicts: A case against forgiveness
In politics, morality and compassion has no place. To stay in power, politicians slaughter their countrymen – remember Syria, or the massacres in Egypt, or the ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Myanmar, Let’s not forget that Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader behind this ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, is a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Once the flames of war die down in these places, and global powers forge new alliances, the...
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Egypt’s media and the making of a dictator
In the battle for the balance of power between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Egypt has lost its political identity, and pretty much everything else that built and subsequently maintained its one-time significance in the Middle East. Today, two of the most important institutions that ensure freedom and justice in...
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The Egyptian government is taking a stand by imprisoning Al Jazeera journalists
The recent verdict by an Egyptian court that sent three Al Jazeera journalists to prison reflects that freedom of the press in Egypt doesn’t mean you can write against President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi, and that the judiciary is to serve the dictatorship in Egypt. To put it simply, it...