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Notes from America: Why the West is fixated on Muslim women’s wardrobes
By Ahmed Tharwat Muslim women living in the West are attacked in…
Improved water and sanitation essential for global development
By Dr. Bjørn Lomborg There are plenty of things, which those of us…
Yemen: In the name of Restoring ‘Hope’
By Waleed R. Derhem It has been a month into the beginning of…
Qatari promises of labour reform ring hollow amid revived corruption allegations
By James M. Dorsey A promise by Qatari Labour and Social Affairs…
Hidden war on Mubarak’s state and Al-Sisi’s regime
By Hussien Abd Rabu How did it feel to listen to former…
Copts in Egypt: How a Dutch newspaper got it terribly wrong
By Johannes A. Makar Pope Tawadros II is currently touring the Netherlands…
AFC’s Salman re-elected amid renewed corruption and governance questions
By James M. Dorsey Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa has been elected…
United Nations Security Council: A flash of accountability?
Some consider the sudden show of accountability in Egypt’s political sphere has…
Fear, Oppression and the Egyptian Pen
By Amr Khalifa To be an Egyptian journalist on World Press Freedom…
Press freedom or plain scoop-hunting?
Apparent press freedom struggle between Arabic-language press and Ministry of Interior in…