Issue No. 1071
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Opening campaigns
Egypt's first post-Mubarak parliamentary election opened yesterday. Gamal Essam El-Din examines what is in store Extracting a price
Sanctioning UNESCO for admitting Palestine as a full member hurt Washington far more than it hurt the Palestinians, writes Graham Usher Muslim Brothers in Tunisia and Egypt
The connections seem obvious, but are they valid, asks Amany Maged Battle of the posters
What lies behind the campaign to promote the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces as a presidential candidate, wonders Mohamed Abdel-Baky Expat elections
Egyptians living abroad are in need of a political decree to be able to cast their votes in this month's parliamentary poll, reports Doaa El-Bey Salafis vs Sufis
What lies behind the increasingly bitter dispute between Egypt's mufti and the Salafi Sheikh Abu Ishaq El-Huweini? Amani Maged writes Mubarak's trial in legal limbo
Cairo's Appeal Court meets today to consider replacing the judicial panel presiding over the trial of the ousted president, reports Gamal Essam El-Din Calls for protection of Copts
Foreign attention to Coptic concerns is putting Egypt's government, and some in the Coptic community, on the defensive, Dina Ezzat reports Another Khaled Said?
The death of a prisoner from alleged police brutality reminded the public of a similar troubling incident, Reem Leila reports Over and done with
The cabinet has succeeded in ending the judges-lawyers crisis Mona El-Nahhas sees how the dispute was settled More than a game
The current slew of military exercises may offer training opportunities, but it is their political message that matters, writes Amirah Ibrahim 'Topple their debts'
Egypt's revolution just got a much needed boost on the economic ideas front, reports Eric Walberg Less is more
Higher taxes could mean more harm than good to the economy, experts tell Niveen Wahish Quartet fails to unlock deadlock
Question marks hover over the relevance of the Quartet on Middle East peace that has failed to secure any progress on the Israeli-Palestinian front, writes Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem The Middle East was never more dangerous
Set off-balance by the democratic Arab Spring, Israel is edging closer to attacking Iran, to re-establish control over the region via military deterrence, regardless of the risks, writes Saleh Al-Naami Erdogan: 'Why no UN sanctions for Israel?'
With the new campaign by Palestine to gain the world's official recognition 63 years after the fact, BDS activities in Europe and North America -- the main holdouts -- have gained new momentum, reports Eric Walberg On Tunisia's election results
Despite the doubts of some foreign pundits, Tunisians are proving that democracy is not incompatible with Islam, and that the Arabs can do it alone, writes Karem Yehia What does Al-Nahda want?
Tunisians have been digesting the results of last month's elections, which saw the Islamist Al-Nahda Party win the most seats in the new constituent assembly, writes David Tresilian in Tunis Syria-US ambassador crisis
The US ambassador to Damascus leaves Syria due to "credible threats against his personal safety", while Syria quickly pulls its ambassador in Washington, reportedly for consultations, reports Bassel Oudat in Damascus Carry-on Al-Keib
Carry-on camping, Seif Al-Islam, or just putting Fezzan in a finicky ferment? Gamal Nkrumah marvels at the Gaddafi pertinacity Iraq's stolen memory
All the archive of Saddam's era were taken to the US after the invasion and Iraqis want them back, writes Salah Nasrawi Will Yemen's woes ever cease?
Medical check-ups delayed yet again the final solution for the 10-month long political crisis of Yemen, bemoans Nasser Arrabyee Occupation unknown
The Wall Street movement and the Egyptian revolution have a lot in common, discovers Bel Trew A dose of Mozart
One-act operas, especially when they are by Mozart, add immeasurably to any opera company's repertoire, writes Ati Metwali In the eye of the beholder
On his return from Abu Dhabi, Hani Mustafa reconsiders the narrative-documentary division Comics stand up to view
Rania Khallaf welcomes and reviews a new comic magazine Stadiums on fire
The excessive use of fireworks could conceivably see Egypt's entire football league games played behind closed doors. Ahmed Morsy reports |
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Ahmed El-Hawan, one of Egypt's most famous espionage agents whose gathering of classified information helped Egypt win the 1973 October War, died on Tuesday. He was 74.  Connect 4 the climate
By Niveen Wahish
The Islamist groups and the economic system
The Islamist groups' understanding of economics and modern finance is fundamentally flawed from a religious point of view and may imperil Egypt's future, writes Ahmad Naguib Roushdy Syria is not Libya, yet
While the Damascus regime is isolated and unpopular in the region, Arabs are nonetheless against foreign -- especially US -- intervention in Syria, writes James Zogby Will Egypt follow Tunisia?
Tunisia's elections give an example for the region in how to balance Islamic identity with civic politics, but will Egypt follow the same path, asks Abdel-Moneim Said Democracy is much more than elections
Islamists, judging from their behaviour, don't want democracy for Egypt; they want to seize power, writes Azmi Ashour Between success and failure
Elections, by definition, are not a means to make revolutionary change, but they are about the only hope left, given the ground the revolution has so far lost, writes Eman Ragab NATO, 'the right to protect' and Libya
Events in Libya opened the way to an expansion of NATO's global role, but for some its intervention was more self-serving than altruistic, writes El-Sayed Amin Shalabi Islamists on probation
The Western reaction to Tunisian elections has been a wary gulp, notes Ramzy Baroud Salama A Salama: Keep it civil |
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