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Egypt: “I Literally Felt a Bullet Pass Over my Shoulder”

Egyptian photojournalist Mosa’ab Elshamy was shot at, had a bullet fly over his shoulder, and had his equipment stolen as he ventured into Rabaa Al Adawiya, where a pro-Morsi sit-in was violently dispersed in Cairo, Egyp...
by Amira Al Hassaini
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Africa

Egypt’s Military Coup: The Slaughter Explained

The latest military  coup to oust the democratically elected President Morsi has throw Egypt back into turmoil. But why has this happened and why are the west reacting, on the face of it, quite pacifist to such events? These q...
by Mohamed Firas Arfaoui
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Egypt: A New Hope?

What have we learned from the Egyptian revolutions? Yes, Mubarak was a dictator and taking down his regime was the ‘right thing to do’, but, countries surely do not fix themselves overnight. Two years after the first revolu...
by Nadim Souss
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Egypt

‘One Nation’ – Two Narratives

Cairo has so far been spared the same fate as Damascus, but sure enough, the sounds of fireworks and jubilant crowds that greeted the coup of July 3rd have now been replaced by the grimmer sounds of sirens and gunfire across E...
by Owen Stenner
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More Than 16 Days

What Looms on the Horizon for Egyptian Women?

Ever since the Muslim Brotherhood- al-ikhwan al-muslimun, came to power in June 2012, it seems as though they are shaping a government that looks less and less like a liberal democracy. The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood has al...
by Ola Abou-Khsaiwan
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Hamas and Morsi: Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

In the mind of a number of pundits, including a large number of Egyptians, the election of President Morsi as a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) should have initiated a drastic change in Egyptian foreign policy tow...
by Maged Mandour
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Egypt

Egyptian Politics: The End of the Façade

“If elections would change anything, they would be illegal” This old Anarchist slogan seems to be appropriate in describing the upcoming Egyptian parliamentary elections and the position of the National Salvation Front (NSF...
by Maged Mandour
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The Reality of Egypt’s Revolution: Democracy is a Process

Last month’s election results in Egypt caused widespread frustration. It has already been sixteen months since Mubarak stepped down, they have failed to establish a constitution, justice has not been sufficiently served and v...
by Nadine Tewfik-Saad
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A new beginning for Egypt?

Egypt is in turmoil. The presidential election has raised many questions and given the answer to none. One has to wonder today: was the January 2011 revolution beneficial for the Egyptians? “The tree of liberty must be refres...
by Nadim Souss
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