Articles tagged with: cairo
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Tuesday, 29 Jan, 2013
CAIRO, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s defense minister warned Tuesday of the “the collapse of the state” if the current political crisis continues. Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi, head of the Egyptian military, warned that the present political conflict could lead to the collapse of the state and that protecting the Suez Canal was one of the main objectives of the army deployment to nearby cities shaken by violence. El-Sissi’s comments are the first from the powerful military since the country’s lat...
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Saturday, 12 Jan, 2013
On 13 December 2012, a large number of cultural coalitions, artists, thinkers, and intellectuals organized a protest march from Talaat Harb Square in downtown Cairo to Tahrir Square. They were chanting slogans decrying the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, whose policies are suppressing creative expression: “Shave your beard, show your shame, you would find your face is Mubarak’s face,” they called out.
The march also included chants targeting the draft constitution. “Constitution for all Eg...
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Friday, 14 Dec, 2012
Sameh Makram Ebeid is a man who will not take ‘yes’ for an answer. As a leading member of the Dostour Party—the political grouping established by Nobel laureate Mohamed Al-Ba...
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Monday, 10 Dec, 2012
In an attempt to quell public anger in Egypt, President Morsi has backed off from the controversial decree that he issued a month ago that put him above the law and granted him u...
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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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Tuesday, 4 Dec, 2012
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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Wednesday, 28 Nov, 2012
Somebody needs to defuse the crisis in Egypt, or the country is heading for an explosion. Yesterday tens of thousands of people poured into Tahrir Square in scenes reminiscent of t...
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Wednesday, 21 Nov, 2012
Downtown Cairo is at fever pitch again this week.What was supposed to be a commemoration of the deadly rioting that rocked the capital last year—when dozens of protesters die...
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Perhaps one of the greatest misperceptions about Anglo-American relations with respect to the Gulf region during the Cold War is that both nations were united by their “special...
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As an American expat, America’s role and reputation in the international arena is of crucial importance to me. Like my president, I believe in America’s ability to lead, an...
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