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  • Sibling Rivalry

    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

    Awakening Memories
    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 : Monday, 10 Dec, 2012

Appointment of Dr. Adel Al-Toraifi editor-in-chief of Asharq Al-Awsat

His Royal Highness Prince Faisal bin Salman Al Saud, the chairman of Saudi Research & Marketing Group, announced the appointment of Mr Adel Al-Toraifi as editor-in-chief of Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper with effect from the 1st of January 2013. This appointment is made with the approval of the board of directors of the group and on the recommendation of the board of trustees. At a meeting held in London in the presence of Dr Azzam Al-Dakhil the CEO of the group, the outgoing editor-in-chi...

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Alex Edwards
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on : Saturday, 8 Dec, 2012

Political Spring, Economic Firestorm

The downfall of Mubarak and Ben Ali and the explosion of protest and revolt against dictatorial governments across the Arab world has understandably prompted rejoicing across the Middle East and elsewhere and stimulated hopes that democracy is on the march. Nonetheless, the prospects for economic progress look bleak, and this has the potential to undermine attempts to transform the political systems of Arab states, according to a leading Arab economist, Dr. Nasser Saidi. Dr. Saidi serve...

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Alastair Beach
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on : Friday, 7 Dec, 2012

A Sign of Things to Come?

This week the world was offered a sickening glimpse of what could happen in Egypt if the current political crisis continues. The violence which erupted in eastern Cairo on ...

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Nicholas Birch
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on : Thursday, 6 Dec, 2012

All About Image

Marka [MAR-kah] n. brand, trade-mark A fortnight or so ago, just after Skyfall hit cinemas with its opening scenes filmed on the roof of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul...

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Keily Miller
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on : Wednesday, 5 Dec, 2012

Confronting the Gas Revolution

Prepare for the Shale gas boom. Today the phrase is plastered across the world’s leading newspapers with much dramatic effect. They are not alone: seasoned energy experts are...

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Amy Assad
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on : Tuesday, 4 Dec, 2012

Chipping Away at the Copts

A large, rolled-up Arabic rug lies hazardously across the front entrance of St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox church in Kensington, London. Ahead, smiling and embracing, groups of men a...

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Political Editor: The Majalla
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on : Monday, 3 Dec, 2012

Kuwait Elections Boycott

Parliamentary elections in Kuwait went ahead on Saturday amidst opposition calls to boycott the ballot. The opposition are calling the boycott a success after voters failed to ...

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Mehdi Khalaji
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on : Monday, 3 Dec, 2012

Authority, Strengthened by Silence

The number of Muslims who have lost their lives during the course of last two years of crackdowns in Syria greatly exceeds the number of Arabs killed by Israel in the last thir...

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Nicholas Birch
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on : Saturday, 1 Dec, 2012

Shaky Foundations

“You know how things work around here: they give with one hand and they take away with the other,” says a small, wiry man in a plastic mac—Bedrus Türker—as he stands l...

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Malik Al-Abdeh
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on : Friday, 30 Nov, 2012

So Long, Renaissance

On Thursday, 22 November, Egyptian President Mohamad Morsi went to war with the judiciary. He issued a seven-point decree that included the sacking of the country’s prosecuto...

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