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Upon phoning a friend or relative who is busy, you are likely to be put "on hold" until they answer the call. During that time, the recipient of the call will finish whatever business they may be doing, often leaving you with music to entertain your...
Many writers wonder why Egyptians have not yet revolted to change their political regime. Several answers to this question have been offered.
Some have posited that Egyptians are by nature submissive to power, while others maintain that a long...
It's inaccurate to assume that most Egyptians--with the exception of a corrupt minority who have successfully accumulated wealth and power--want to change the status quo.
Change is more complicated than simply softening the regime's iron fist. A...
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled last Saturday to revoke the nationality of Egyptians married to Israeli women, adding that the Council of Ministers should decide upon each marriage case individually.
The interior and foreign ministries, which...
Many people attribute the strong statements made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla, solely to the man's courage. In order for us to be like Erdogan, they think, we simply need to...
Among the many ripple effects of the National Association for Change created by Mohamed ElBaradei in February 2010 is that it has made clear that there are at least two visions of political activism in Egypt, one reformist and the other...
A group of irate residents from the Lebanese village of Kafr Maya murdered and lynched Mohamed Mosallam, an Egyptian man suspected of killing four Lebanese citizens. Both crimes produced angry reactions in Egypt and Lebanon and were fiercely...
I received a call from el-Sayyed Yassin who wanted to comment on an interview that Diaa Rashwan and I held with Gaber el-Qarmouty on a program called "Manchette." Yassin criticized the episode, which was about Egypt's vice presidency, saying it...
The sudden emergence of Mohamed ElBaradei on the political scene has provoked a variety of responses. While some have felt uneasy, others have felt jealous of his presence and others still couldn't help feeling surprised at how much ElBaradei has...
The Qatari government's decision to remove Sheikh Youssef el-Qaradawi from his position as head of the Al-Balagh Cultural Society, which runs the Islam Online website, is demonstrative of the failures crippling the Arab world.
Qatar has blocked the...