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Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all

Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are fundamental to the global mission of the United Nations to achieve equal rights and…
Honor killing and domestic violence

Honor killing and domestic violence

A girl befriends boys. What could be more normal and ordinary? Yet for doing just that a Turkish teenager was…
ElBaradei’s week in Egypt

ElBaradei’s week in Egypt

I have written before to express my disappointment at the attack launched by some writers against Mohamed ElBaradei. Those writers,…
Restrained and corrupt universities

Restrained and corrupt universities

Several decades ago, Taha Hussein pronounced his famous aphorism: "We should not expect proper, productive education from a university whose…
ElBaradei’s return prompts nuclear questions for Egypt

ElBaradei’s return prompts nuclear questions for Egypt

Unrelated events find a common link as if by coincidence, becoming a whole story. I was reading a book about…
The ‘third bloc’ of Egyptian political power

The ‘third bloc’ of Egyptian political power

Of everything I have read on the return of ElBaradei and his reception at Cairo International Airport, an article written…
State Council ‘dragging the country backwards’

State Council ‘dragging the country backwards’

The State Council's refusal to allow women to be judges in the council is a potentially dangerous twist, one that…
Talkshow staple: Will ElBaradei lose his significance?

Talkshow staple: Will ElBaradei lose his significance?

When people become blind to their future, they don't die, they just get older.Egypt is showing signs of this kind…
The comeback of politics

The comeback of politics

One of several changes in Egyptian society that can no longer be overlooked and which has grown over the past…
At the airport, Egyptians voted for ElBaradei

At the airport, Egyptians voted for ElBaradei

I don't know precisely how many people welcomed ElBaradei at Cairo Airport upon his return to Egypt on Friday, 19…
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