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Items by Ahmed Mansour
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Are the Yemenis the only people who can defeat the Houthis?
States with mountainous terrains and dense forests such as Yemen, Afghanistan and Vietnam have long been known to be large-scale cemetery grounds for all of their invaders. The valleys of Afghanistan have brought death to some of the world’s largest armies such as the American and Soviet armies and the…
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Israel’s escape from Gaza
The announcement made by the Zionist occupation’s army on Tuesday morning regarding the withdrawal of the last of its troops from the Gaza Strip and moving them outside the vicinity of the wall built around the Strip was nothing more than a crushing and devastating defeat unlike any defeat suffered…
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One year on, has Morsi mastered the tools of authority?
Two proverbs are worthy of our consideration: “A king can only prevail with his soldiers,” is one, and “the heart of authority is the ability to determine and implement punishment” is the other. Where does Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi stand a year into his rule with regards to authority and…
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From death row to prime minister
While wearing his prison clothes and awaiting his execution in 1987, the man now charged with forming a new government in Tunisia could never have dreamt that his political career would take such a turn. Minister of the Interior Ali Al-Areed was pardoned by the then President Bourguiba only to…
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Suspicious organisations in Egypt
On Tuesday, the Cairo criminal court sentenced 43 defendants to 1 – 5 years in jail over a foreign funding case. The defendants were of American, German and Egyptian nationalities and work in five NGO’s that received foreign funding. This case has shed light on foreign civil organisations and institutions…