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Honouring Pierre Sadek
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Political and satirical cartoons can be considered to be one of the most important elements in the success of print newspapers in the Arab world. How many artists have shocked out society and sparked violent reactions from governments as a result of direct and striking criticism of their ...DETAILS |
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Waiting for courage!
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Disagreements may spoil goodwill as evidenced by the sequence of events in the Arab world. Polarization over positions and viewpoints and infighting can soon develop into slander and defamation and even exchanged accusations of sedition and treason. There is an increasing number of worrisome ...DETAILS |
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It is "spring" and the weather is "wonderful"
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Some observers and analysts of the political situation in the Arab world in general, and the "Arab Spring" phenomenon in particular, are of the view that this event has almost come to an end and is breathing its last breaths. This is because the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Tunisia ...DETAILS |
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Egypt: Purification and circumcision!
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I am filled with great wonder and amazement, as well as sadness and irony, just like many others, when I observe the violent demonstrations, protests and threats launched by Hazem Abu Ismail and his supporters in various parts of Egypt. They have carried out assaults and threatened media ...DETAILS |
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A talk with the General Guide
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Egypt’s political state is worrying and depressing. The new regime came on the wings of the hope, joy and prayers of millions who wanted to turn a new page and build bridges in their country to reach a better future.
Optimism was at its peak after an almost ideal revolution, yet this was ...DETAILS |
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Kuwait: Which of the two options?
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Anyone attempting to understand or interpret what is happening in Kuwait these days must be genuinely perplexed. Powerful opposition voices are being put forward extremely vocally and strongly. The rational Kuwaitis have the absolute conviction that the stances adopted by the regime's loyalists ...DETAILS |
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Turbulent times in Egypt
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The pitfall that the Egyptian authorities find themselves in could have been avoided. There was no need to subject the Egyptian society’s security to this kind of polarization and of course there was no need for the accidents, injuries and deaths on all sides.
Egypt is riding a sizeable ...DETAILS |
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The constitution must come first!
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These days, the Arab Spring is passing through "different" stages. Each Arab Spring state has started to develop symptoms that are dominating the situation, grabbing and diverting attention away from the snappy slogans of the various revolutions. Tunisia is suffering severely from an extremist, ...DETAILS |
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Egypt must take precedence over Mursi
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The Egyptian people did not topple their former President Hosni Mubarak just to replace him with another dictator. This is the strong message being put forth by those opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's recent decrees. There is a deeply-held belief that the man has sought to completely ...DETAILS |
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Will the Egyptian Constitution ship arrive at destination?
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Since the January 25 revolution, four constitutional decrees have been issued.
In March 2011, the second decree temporarily granted the military council with legislative powers until the parliamentary and presidential elections. This ended in August 2012, when the military council handed over ...DETAILS |
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