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January 27, 2014
Douglas Alexander
The international response to the events in Egypt has been uncertain and hesitant. Governments and citizens alike seem to have been caught off-guard by the bloodshed that followed the...
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January 27, 2014
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Yassir Zaatreh
Asmaa Mohammed Al-Beltagi was a child in the legal sense of the word. At just 17 years old, she was mature for her age in terms of outlook and...
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January 27, 2014
Yasser Abu Hilalah
The legitimacy supporters in Egypt are winning every day because of the constant blunders of the coup leaders. The army in Egypt does not behave like a national army...
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January 27, 2014
Osama Abu Irshaid
The events in Egypt can be read on several levels. On the one hand it is an internal coup against the "Arab Spring" and a counter-revolution against the revolutions...
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January 27, 2014
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Fahmi Huwaidi
I do not know when we will sober up and discern the truth of many of the myths spread across Egypt nowadays. However, I see indications that this sobriety...
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January 27, 2014
Bader Mohammad Bader
Only a few days after the bloody and treacherous military coup in Egypt on July 3rd, Western governments released timid statements on the issue with a sense of concern...
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January 27, 2014
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Fahmi Huwaidi
At the end of July, Hamas held a press conference in Gaza in which it presented a number of documents issued by the Palestinian Authority security agencies in Ramallah....
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January 27, 2014
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Motasem A Dalloul
After the second hearing session into the case, an Egyptian administrative court in Cairo has issued a decision to ban the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the country's biggest and most...
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January 27, 2014
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Amelia Smith
On Sunday, the world learnt that the detention of Tarek Loubani and John Greyson had been extended by 45 days. The Canadian doctor and filmmaker have been held without...
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January 27, 2014
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Amelia Smith
Wearing a yellow t-shirt with the familiar Rabaa salute, Egyptian Kung Fu champion Mohammed Youssef stepped up to receive his gold medal at the World Championship in Russia this...
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January 27, 2014
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Yassir Zaatreh
Al-Nahda Party is struggling to make sure that what happened to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt does not happen in Tunisia. More importantly, the party is working towards sparing...
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January 27, 2014
Ahmed Fouda
According to the announcement made by the coup government in Egypt, today, November 4th, marks the beginning of the trial of President Mohamed Morsi on numerous counts. The most...
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January 27, 2014
Lama Khater
With regards to President Mohammed Morsi, he deserves to be a symbol for all the free people of the world, not only as a democratically elected president who was...
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January 27, 2014
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Nadia Abou el-Magd
"Defiant" and "challenge" are the words that have been prevalent in most foreign media's description of deposed president Mohammed Morsi's trial and his refusal to acknowledge the legitimacy of...
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January 27, 2014
Dr Amr Osman
"Shoot them in the heart … Blessed are those who kill them, and those who are killed by them . . . We must cleanse our Egypt from these...
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January 27, 2014
Lama Khater
Even the supporters of the military coup in Egypt could not handle the story of the Egyptian security forces holding a memorial for the martyrs of the Mohamed Mahmoud...
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Today on International Human Rights Day, 13 local and international human rights organisations have called on the Egyptian authorities to acknowledge and investigate thoroughly the killing of up to...
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January 27, 2014
Khaled Al-Moeeni
There is no doubt that in all of its modern history Egypt has never been exposed to the chaos, turmoil, polarisation and division which now threaten its social and...
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January 27, 2014
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Dr Azmi Bishara
By designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a "terrorist organisation" the interim Egyptian government has hammered the final nail in the coffin of any political settlement that could have mended...
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January 27, 2014
Dr Amr Osman
If the recent decision by General Al-Sisi's coup regime regarding the status of the Muslim Brotherhood says anything about the situation in Egypt, it would be that the continuing...
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January 27, 2014
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Fahmi Huwaidi
Last Saturday, an Egyptian government fact-finding committee met to discuss the events that took place during the June 30th coup. At the same time, a group of human rights...
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January 24, 2014
David Hearst
King Abdullah fears the Muslim Brotherhood, which challenges the kingdom's claim to be the protector of Islam It took almost 60 years for the CIA to own up to...
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January 24, 2014
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Samira Shackle
As the eyes of the world turn to Syria, the Egyptian crisis is continuing. This week, it was announced that deposed president Mohammed Morsi and 14 of his Muslim...
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January 24, 2014
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Samira Shackle
In October 2013, the Egyptian writer Alaa al-Aswany gave a talk in Paris, to promote the French translation of his new book. The event ended in chaos, as a...