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  • January 30, 2014

    The fraudulent claim that Egypt has been "Ikhwanified"

    Several strange terms have maliciously crept into the media lexicon after the March 2011 pol. Since then, everyone realised how strong the Islamic trend was and how rooted it...

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  • January 30, 2014

    A country extorted by its citizens

    The scenes witnessed in the Egyptian political arena have no parallel in any democratic country in the world. Those spearheading the scene while inflaming tensions are the same individuals...

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  • January 30, 2014

    The media's poison continues to flood the system

    What the media scene in our dear Egypt has witnessed over the last year has not been witnessed by the strongest democracies in the world; those who believe in...

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  • January 30, 2014

    We long to have our judges back

    Many have warned that politics and the law don’t mix, and that judges shouldn’t seek the limelight in the media. The judiciary should rise above such foolishness and keep...

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  • January 30, 2014

    Iranians are welcome in Egypt

    It is amazing that some people are trying to present Iranian tourists in Egypt as some kind of Shia invasion. The same people say nothing about Israeli tourists, even...

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  • January 30, 2014

    A brainwashing play

    The comic performance being acted out in Egypt nowadays – also known as Mubarak’s trial, or the trial of the century – is actually the play of the century....

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  • January 30, 2014

    The bitter medicine needed for recovery

    The World Bank envoy packed their bags and went back to where they came from, following negotiations with the government and meetings with leaders of the opposition that seemed...

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  • January 30, 2014

    We have forgotten Palestine!

    We Arabs have unwittingly fulfilled the dreams of the Zionists. We have regressed and become distracted with our own internal issues and foolish disputes within the borders of our...

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  • January 30, 2014

    The time of false leaders

    We live in a time of media and moral laxity so, in Egypt, we must expect the illogical in every aspect of life; yesterday’s friend is today’s enemy, and...

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  • January 30, 2014

    Oh Jerusalem!

    It has been 46 years since we lost East Jerusalem; Israel seized control of it in 1967, annexing the eastern half of the city illegally almost straight away. Israel...

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