Ziad A. Akl

Ziad A. Akl is a political analyst and sociologist. He is a senior researcher at the Egyptian Studies Unit in Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.
96 Articles

The Brotherhood’s democratic failures

Congratulations everyone, the Muslim Brotherhood is back, this time bigger and better,…

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Talking Box By Ziad Akl

The scientific definition of insanity is making the same mistakes and expecting…

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Talking Box By Ziad Akl

There is an old joke about an important minister who had an…

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Easter and Islamists

Sometimes I have to go through excruciating pain to try and write…

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Copts in Egypt: roots of discrimination

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article right here on…

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The Revolutionary Connection

Unfortunately, revolutions come at a price. The whole idea of revolting is…

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Sectarianism: Egypt’s uncomfortable question

For the past 10 years, Egypt has been reminded at least annually…

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The Islamists’ Secret Weapon

As soon as our blessed revolution succeeded in realising its main demand…

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In a Maadi apartment

“Between the opposite ends of two ridiculous extremes, lies a true Egypt…

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The future of the Muslim Brotherhood

Almost nine months have passed since Mohamed Morsi was declared President. Nine…

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