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Decoding Egypt: Do Algerians Hate Us?

CAIRO: The football-mania that preceded and followed the Egypt-Algeria match in Sudan…

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Decoding Egypt: Change the Constitution First

As important as the heated debate about who rules Egypt after Hosni…

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Decoding Egypt: Niqab and the Boundaries of Debate

CAIRO: The worst thing about the current debate over niqab (face veil)…

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Decoding Egypt: Egypt Needs Change

CAIRO: The defeat of Egypt's longtime Culture Minister Farouk Hosni in the…

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Decoding Egypt:In search of a political Abu-Treika

The current weakness and fragmentation of opposition parties and the nonchalance of…

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Decoding Egypt: 2011

Egypt is in a transitional phase. Presidential elections are scheduled for 2011,…

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Decoding Egypt: Fake Men in Black

CAIRO: "We like non-fiction because we live in fictitious times. We live…

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Decoding Egypt: A Cultural Renaissance?

There is much talk within Cairo s cultural circles of an existing,…

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Decoding Egypt: Don't count on Obama's good intentions

In their first White House meeting, former US President Jimmy Carter told…

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Decoding Egypt: Is the Escalation of the 'Mideast Cold War' in Egypt's Interest?

CAIRO: The Egyptian regime's political and verbal confrontation with Hezbollah demonstrates that…

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