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The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) has commented on the oppression campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt. CSM, which is close to US decision makers, ruled out the...
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Malaysia's ruling party UMNO extended an invitation to the speaker of Egypt's dissolved parliament, Saad El-Katatni, to attend the annual party conference in Kuala Lumpur, a symbolic recognition of...
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The military coup and removal of Mohamed Morsi took many observers by surprise, much like the January 25th Revolution which no one seemed to have been expecting. Unexpected as...
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that accepting the military coup in Egypt means that people will not be able to speak up in the future...
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Foreign media correspondents have received warnings from the Egyptian authority and asked to be cautious when covering incidents in the country, The Times newspaper said. The Times said that...
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January 29, 2014
Prof John Esposito
Like a political tsunami uprisings swept across much of the Arab world, toppling in rapid succession the entrenched autocratic regimes of Zeinul Abedin Ben Ali in Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak...
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January 28, 2014
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Fahmi Huwaidi
The problem of judges in Egypt is not new. In the sixties legal counsellor Momtaz Nassar called for an end to the government's meddling in the judicial system; this...
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The failure of the National Salvation Front was apparent since its inception. Its leaders' famous first press conference was delayed for several hours, and when they finally showed up,...
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January 27, 2014
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Wadah Khanfar
On Sunday, Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi will complete his first year in office. Instead of being an occasion to celebrate – he is the first elected president – many...
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January 27, 2014
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Abdel Bari Atwan
After being away – I won't say staying away – from Egypt for over 18 years, I went to Cairo, the capital that hosted me, along with millions of...
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January 27, 2014
Lama Khater
The public and political rise of the Islamists in the Arab world did not begin with the Arab Spring. In fact, the shift in their favour started in the...
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January 27, 2014
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Samira Shackle
Things are not looking good for Mohamed Morsi. Egypt's president – the first to be democratically elected in six decades – is floundering after days of mass protests have...
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January 27, 2014
Shaheen KM
In Robert Ludlum's The Aquitaine Progression, the story begins with protagonist Joel Converse meeting a man he has not seen in 20 years, dying violently at his feet whispering...
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January 27, 2014
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Wadah Khanfar
The military coup in Egypt this month and the bloody attacks since, perpetrated by the military and police against supporters of constitutional legitimacy, will form an important turning point...
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January 27, 2014
Mohammad Al-Jawadi
In January 1924, Saad Zaghloul became the Prime Minister of Egypt after the Wafd Party won the parliamentary elections. This victory came after the birth of a new Egypt...
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January 27, 2014
Dr Abdelwahab El-Affendi
The new Pinochet-style government in Egypt has followed in the footsteps of the George W Bush administration, with national television now displaying the slogan, permanently and in very clear...
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January 27, 2014
Abdulrahman Farhane
A statement has recently spread throughout the Arab media claiming that the Islamists have failed in governing. Some say it as if it were a well-known fact or an...
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January 27, 2014
Abd Al-Rahman Yousef
The prelude to the constitution drafted by the 50-member committee states that Egypt is the head of Africa. Yet, the African Union suspended Egypt's membership because of the coup...
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January 27, 2014
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Abdel Bari Atwan
The trial for the deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was postponed until next February 1st due to weather conditions that prevented him from being transferred from his prison in...
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On 14h and 15th January the Egyptian military-backed regime held a constitutional referendum in an attempt to bring legitimacy to the political developments that have taken place since the...
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I will not argue the power of Colonel Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's popularity, but I will allow myself to argue him being the "necessary" man and that there is no...
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January 24, 2014
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Fahmi Huwaidi
Surprising things happened in Egypt this week, reminding us that we were on the verge of forgetting about the revolution and opening our eyes to one or two things....