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January 27, 2014

Egypt: Liberal Hypocrisy No Laughing Matter

Part-time comedian Bassem Youssef is the kind of Egyptian that liberals in the West can relate to. He was feted in Western media as a cause celebre for freedom...

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January 27, 2014

The current conflict is between democracy, governance, and the military coup; not the Brotherhood and the opposition

The matter at hand during this difficult time, which began with the events on June 30 2013 and culminated in a military coup on July 3 2013, is not...

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January 27, 2014

Israel’s stakes in Morsi’s overthrow

Although the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his ministers not to make any statements regarding the Egyptian army’s overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the elite Zionist security...

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January 27, 2014

Did the Gulf kingdoms engineer Morsi’s demise?

Conspiracy theories are quick to circulate in the Arab world. Often, they are just that – theories – but often, they are ultimately proved to be correct. The geopolitical...

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January 27, 2014

Post-coup, what now for Al-Ahram and freedom of expression?

Post-military coup, the political reality has changed in Egypt. Newspapers and television stations have been closed down; the legislative council has been dissolved; Islamic leaders have been arrested; and...

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January 27, 2014

Petrodollar largesse explodes after coup success

Why were the Gulf States of Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia so unhappy at the success of the January 2011 revolution in Egypt and so passionate...

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January 27, 2014

Setting out to defame a political opponent

When a journalist sets out to defame a political opponent, whoever it may be, finding the reasoning behind it will not be difficult, whatever the motive may be, whatever...

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January 27, 2014

Morsi’s support for Palestinian cause “fuelled coup”

The Vice President of Egypt’s Al-Wasat Party has claimed that President Morsi’s support for the Palestinian cause “fuelled” the coup against him. The result, said Dr Essam Sultan, is...

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January 27, 2014

Memo to El-Baradei – You Can’t Eat Neoliberalism

Shortly before riding into the vice-presidency of Egypt on the back of military tanks, Muhammad el-Baradei told Foreign Policy “You Can’t Eat Sharia” in a criticism of the policies...

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January 27, 2014

What does the military coup mean?

One of the characteristics of military coups is that the forces which carry them out rarely know much about the objectives of their actions. Indeed, this is true of...

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