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  • January 27, 2014

    Israel's stakes in Morsi's overthrow

    Although the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his ministers not to make any statements regarding the Egyptian army’s overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the elite Zionist security...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Did the Gulf kingdoms engineer Morsi's demise?

    Conspiracy theories are quick to circulate in the Arab world. Often, they are just that – theories – but often, they are ultimately proved to be correct. The geopolitical...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Post-coup, what now for Al-Ahram and freedom of expression?

    Post-military coup, the political reality has changed in Egypt. Newspapers and television stations have been closed down; the legislative council has been dissolved; Islamic leaders have been arrested; and...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Petrodollar largesse explodes after coup success

    Why were the Gulf States of Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia so unhappy at the success of the January 2011 revolution in Egypt and so passionate...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Setting out to defame a political opponent

    When a journalist sets out to defame a political opponent, whoever it may be, finding the reasoning behind it will not be difficult, whatever the motive may be, whatever...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Morsi's support for Palestinian cause "fuelled coup"

    The Vice President of Egypt’s Al-Wasat Party has claimed that President Morsi’s support for the Palestinian cause “fuelled” the coup against him. The result, said Dr Essam Sultan, is...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Memo to El-Baradei - You Can't Eat Neoliberalism

    Shortly before riding into the vice-presidency of Egypt on the back of military tanks, Muhammad el-Baradei told Foreign Policy “You Can’t Eat Sharia” in a criticism of the policies...

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  • January 27, 2014

    What does the military coup mean?

    One of the characteristics of military coups is that the forces which carry them out rarely know much about the objectives of their actions. Indeed, this is true of...

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  • January 27, 2014

    The drums of civil war are beating

    Although I heard General Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi call on the people to take to the streets and squares on Friday to give him a mandate to deal with the...

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  • January 27, 2014

    Who benefits from distorting the January revolution?

    My biggest fear is that the uprising Egypt witnessed on June 30 2013 will be utilised to attack the revolution of January 25 2011 in a manner that makes...

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