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    Sibling Rivalry
    In an interview last month, Egyptian politician Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh displayed the poise and good humor of a man who had the foresight to step off a bus before it rolled into a ditch. The f...

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  • Awakening Memories

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    It is no secret that Israeli society consists of a number of diverse ethnic communities. Culturally, artist Dor Guez—who was born in Jerusalem to Palestinian Christian and Tunisian Jewish pare...

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  • Ten Years, and Ten Lessons, Later

    Ten Years, and Ten Lessons, Later
    STANFORD, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ten years ago yesterday, the Saudi capital, Riyadh, was rocked by three near-simultaneous suicide bombings at housing compounds for expatriates. Over 30 people di...

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  • Remembering Cairo

    Remembering Cairo
    There is a story from the Mubarak era about a Cairo shopkeeper who had a portrait of each of Gamal Nasser, Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak decorating the wall of his shop. A passing tourist asked...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
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on : Friday, 7 May, 2010

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

Between Two Worlds: My Life in Captivity in Iran by Roxana Saberi Harper Collins 2010 Roxana Saberi captured the world’s attention when just before the Iranian elections of 2009, the American-Iranian journalist was arrested and taken to Iran’s infamous Evin prison. The stories of torture and rape that have made Evin prison a feared destination for Iranian activists was never a place Saberi expected to go to. Her latest book Between Two Worlds: My Life in Captivity in Iran explains how t...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
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on : Thursday, 6 May, 2010

Greek parliament passes austerity measures

Parliament passed Thursday the government’s proposed financial plan that calls for major cuts and reforms in an attempt to save the country from bankruptcy. Meanwhile, citizens took to the streets once again in protest of the now inevitable wage freezes, pension and bonus cuts, and tax rises, among other drastic measures. Finance Minister Papaconstantinou described the financial measures—a precondition for international loans—as the most difficult ever taken in Greece to date, BBC News re...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
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on : Thursday, 6 May, 2010

Divide and Conquer

The dramatic shooting that took place outside a church in Nag Hammadi, a village in rural Upper Egypt, on 6 January briefly shone a spotlight on Egypt’s problem with communal vi...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
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on : Thursday, 6 May, 2010

Nigerian President dies

The Nigerian President, Umaru Yar'Adua died Wednesday evening in the presidential villa in Abuja. The President, who had been absent from Nigerian politics since last November, lo...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
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on : Wednesday, 5 May, 2010

Wake Up!

Lebanese leaders have been busy the past few weeks warning European capitals that Israel is dangerously flirting with another war with Hezbollah. Beirut is not saying it’s inevi...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
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on : Wednesday, 5 May, 2010

Trouble in Euroland

“The Balkan region produces more history than it can consume.” Even though one may find Winston Churchill’s famous observation unpalatable by today’s code of political cor...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
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on : Wednesday, 5 May, 2010

Riyadh rains kill two; 155 people rescued

Roads, vehicles and properties were damaged in the unprecedented weather, which also led to around 275 accidents. Riyadh police said it had received 3,600 phone calls from members...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
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on : Tuesday, 4 May, 2010

Weak Foundations

Yemeni-Swiss scholar Elham Manea speaks with The Majalla about the crisis in Yemen and its impact on the Gulf. Manea was born in Egypt and earned her Bachelor degree in Political ...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
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on : Tuesday, 4 May, 2010

And We Have a Loser

Surprisingly, Prime Minister Gordon Brown failed to impress Thursday in the UK’s third and last leaders’ debate dedicated to economic issues. Despite being the most promising ...

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The Majalla: The Leading Arab Magazine
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on : Tuesday, 4 May, 2010

Ten Steps to Downing Street

The single greatest surprise of the British general election is that it happens so fast. Britain is home to 61 million people, more than 44 million of them registered to vote. How...

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