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Rana Sabbagh
Arab media: Fall in line or switch off
«Most top Arab television presenters and journalists are remarkably candid these days about their survival kit.»
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Mada Masr
The new parliament’s heavy legislative inheritance
«Egypt will have a new parliament this month. This council, absent for over three years after the Constitutional Court dissolved the last one, will have two…»
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Shawkan
A Letter From Shawkan, Tora Prison
«Amnesty International has collected nearly 90,000 signatures worldwide in a petition calling for Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid’s release ahead of his first court session, scheduled for…»
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Sarah Sabry
Egypt’s 2016 census: The data we need
«The 2016 census is our opportunity to better understand where and how most Egyptians live. Egypt will carry out its next census in 2016. The census,…»
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Ishaq Ibrahim
The repercussions of Pope Tawadros II’s visit to Jerusalem
«Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II made an exceptional visit to Jerusalem last Thursday to lead the funeral prayers for Bishop Abraham, the…»
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Nael El Toukhy
How Hebrew teaches us something about ourselves, Part 5
«In 1949, David Ben-Gurion said of Yemeni Jews arriving in Israel: “They are behind us by more than 2000 years."»
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Klara Sikorova
The EBRD: Fueling the future or stuck in the past?
«Three years after the first investments arrived in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the London lender announced…»
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Alaa Mustafa
Terrorism reported: Looking back at the 1997 Luxor massacre
«How has the Egyptian state historically reported and responded to terrorist attacks? On November 18, 1997, news that at least 70 people — including 60 foreigners —…»
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Teresa Pepe
‘Literature’ is on trial in Egypt
«In August 2014, an Egyptian citizen named Hani Saleh Tawfik came across issue 1097 of literary magazine Akhbar al-Adab, and upon reading the pages included in the…»
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Abdel Latif al-Tahan
The 100-year-old chained-up duck (Part 2)
«One day, Pierre Brossolette, a French resistance figure, pointed to a poster of the movie Gone with the Wind and said: “The war will be over…»
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Andeel
Father Egyptian Atheist and the sheikhdom of atheism
«"I’m now convinced that the vast majority of Egyptian intellectuals, who have a hard-on for Western freedoms, if allowed into the West would probably be on…»
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Mohamed Sultan
The dollar: To LE10, and beyond!
«Of all the people in the office, Maysara was probably the most afflicted by boredom. Everyone else spent their days passionately staring at computer screens that…»
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Jeffrey Adam Sachs
We all have to lie a little: Middle East vs. Islamic Studies
«We all have to lie a little, pretend a little, force complex phenomena into rigid and unwieldy categories»
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Nael El Toukhy
How Hebrew teaches us something about ourselves, Part 4
«Israel vs. Israel: Judaism, Islam and Zionism "It pained him that Jews are being killed, but it doesn't pain him to kill Arabs? Arabs were created…»
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Sarah Sabry
Informal settlements: Swept under the carpet?
«On the anniversary of the devastating earthquake that hit Egypt in 1992, leaving hundreds of families homeless and with little option but to settle in informal…»
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Aly El Raggal
The general wants to do away with politics
«“Create a unified list,” is what General* Sisi asked of the political forces competing in the upcoming parliamentary battle. The general wants a unified list on…»
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Paul Sedra
Whatever happened to Middle Eastern studies?
«“Assistant Professor in Islam and Modernity,” “Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies,” “Professorship of Islamic History,” “Specialist on Islam and/or Muslim Societies, Cultures, Arts, Politics, and/or Philosophy.”…»
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Ashraf Hussein
Do we really have big government?
«During the ongoing debate over the civil service law, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked in a televised interview whether the size of the state administrative apparatus is normal and…»
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Mina Thabet
Maspero — the absence of justice
«On October 9, 2011, I witnessed the Egyptian military brutally murder dozens of Coptic Christians, using excessive force against peaceful protesters near the state television building…»
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Abdel Latif al-Tahan
The 100-year-old chained-up duck (Part 1)
«It is September 1915 in France; almost a year has passed since humans have discovered their ability to wage world wars, killing thousands using easier, faster…»
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