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What’s behind Israel’s Pillar of Defense?

What’s behind Israel’s Pillar of Defense?

  Now that it has ended with a truce, maybe it’s time to understand the logic behind Israel’s Operation Pillar…
Our revolution was historic, the Brotherhood’s constitution is not

Our revolution was historic, the Brotherhood’s constitution is not

To decide whether to vote yes or no to the new constitution, we have to go back in time to…
Copts and the power over personal status

Copts and the power over personal status

When former President Hosni Mubarak introduced amendments to the 1971 Constitution in 2007, the always contested issue of the status…
Bhopal’s lessons to Egypt

Bhopal’s lessons to Egypt

Twenty-eight years ago the world awoke to the aftermath of one of the most notorious industrial disasters begun in the…
Uncle Morsy

Uncle Morsy

The past two weeks, since Morsy announced his Hitler powers, have been the bleakest since the revolution began.
Egypt deserves better

Egypt deserves better

Back in March 2011, I bought a T-shirt in Tahrir Square with a bold Arabic “no” written in black on the…
Stop calling us Copts

Stop calling us Copts

 In early October, after the forced migration of several Christian families from Rafah, Al-Masry al-Youm published a cartoon, the first…
Egyptian undemocratic liberals

Egyptian undemocratic liberals

 To be a liberal is to be democratic. That’s a no-brainer.In Egypt, as in American foreign policy, however, the situation…
Against Morsy’s constitutional declaration

Against Morsy’s constitutional declaration

 In essence, President Mohamed Morsy’s constitutional declaration is an attack on the judicial institution to force it out of the…
The view from the officers’ club

The view from the officers’ club

Since 1952, the military has been the guarantor of both the nation and the state. Since February 2011, it has…
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