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Items by Yasser Abdel Aziz
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Reading into the Rafah Crossing incident
After the breaking news spread of a clash between the Egyptian army and an Occupation army force at the Rafah border crossing, the details of the news became conflicting. The Egyptian press narrative – because as of writing this article, no official narrative has been issued – maintained that a…
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Hope and anticipation for the Arab-China summit
The Arab-China summit in Saudi Arabia at the weekend ended with the Riyadh Declaration. It has 24 articles, making it a strategic document for cooperation and development between the signatories from the kingdom itself plus Qatar, the UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Algeria and Mauritania…
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What’s the motive behind the Turkish rapprochement with Egypt?
Are there understandings between Turkey and Egypt regarding the Libyan file? This was the question posed by fellow journalist Taha Al-Essawi to Dr Yasin Aktay, chief adviser to Turkish President and leader of the Turkish Justice and Development Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, cautiously and in a manner that does not…
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We need to consider how the Egyptian revolution will succeed
Nine years have passed since Egypt’s 25 January Revolution, and this compels me to contemplate that historic moment in a nation that has not risen up since 1919. A popular revolution is generally the most honourable human action in sociological terms, because it is usually a response to official injustice.…
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The poor are paying the price of Sisi’s dreams in Libya
The leader of the military coup in Libya has visited Cairo for a second time in a month. This visit coincides with the continued military operations launched by Haftar’s forces on the Libyan capital and the headquarters of the legitimate government. Despite the defeats of his forces, Haftar’s visit lasted…