Nael M. Shama

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Decoding Egypt: On New Ideas and Change

My last article quoted a statement made by the English writer Arthur…

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Decoding Egypt: It's a Shame Culture, Stamp Sexual Harassers

CAIRO: Sociologists consider Egyptian society a "shame culture, in which the status…

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Decoding Egypt: Sex at First Sight

CAIRO: The unprecedented court verdict that handed 10 rapists the death penalty…

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Decoding Egypt: Enemies of Reason

Tolerance among the contending ideologies that dominate Egypt s political and cultural…

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Decoding Egypt: Against the National Interest

CAIRO: Although the concept of the "national interest (or "public interest )…

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Decoding Egypt: Beyond Al-Nada Murder

CAIRO: The recent murder of two college girls at Al-Nada Compound, Sheikh…

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Decoding Egypt : On Charisma

The concept of charisma - derived from the Greek word for grace…

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Decoding Egypt: Painful Juxtapositions

CAIRO: To many Egyptians, juxtaposing the drawbacks of their nation with the…

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Decoding Egypt: Abolishing the Rentier Mentality

If anything in Egypt is worth learning from the global financial crisis,…

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Decoding Egypt: The Headache of Gaza

Gaza has turned in the past few years into a major preoccupation…

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