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Egypt: Too big to bail!
An interesting assumption is continuously being adopted by many of Egypt’s intelligentsia…
Muslim Brotherhood decay: the logic of imperative Laxity
By Hesham Shafick On 10 May 2011, I interviewed Khairat El-Shater, the…
Football emerges as focal point of dissent in Saudi Arabia
By James M. Dorsey Football, alongside minority Shi’a Muslims and relatives…
Dusty days
There was nothing romantic about my first experience with a sandstorm in…
Nationally, regionally and internationally, government’s time is running out
The Egyptian government recently assembled a new cabinet in order to deliver…
What does Egypt’s political map look like today?
Several months before the elections for Egypt’s House of Representatives, scheduled to…
Editor’s letter: Mubarak’s mess in today’s Sinai
Our very professional Bedouin driver takes us across the desert in South…
The Event
The Event changed everything. Nobody knows the exact date when the event…
Egypt and the IMF: Are we asking the right questions?
By Iris Boutros The focus of Egypt’s progress to secure the pending…