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"He who signed his orders of the day, the Member of the Institute, Commander-in-Chief of the Army in the East, could not fail to place an Academy among the means of regenerating the ancient kingdom of the pharaohs. The valiant army that he...
According to a recent statement by a prominent member of the Egyptian junta (Major General Mamdouh Shahin), Mubarak could not find anybody but the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to hand his powers to. This latest power transfer was thus...
Our universe is not only expanding; it is also doing so at an accelerating rate. For this remarkable empirical discovery the Nobel prizes in physics were given this year. This feat is a culmination of a two thousand year plus legacy of...
Where does Israel live in the Egyptian public imagination? Some unfortunate instances are usefully recalled: Jewish settlement in Palestine; a few wars, and the loss of Palestine; bloody incursions into Lebanon and Gaza; the destruction of Arab...
The entry of our stretcher-borne ex-dictator into that courtroom cage marked a watershed between two qualitatively different Egyptian worlds: A stagnant past fettered by unquestionable certainties, and an indefinite future still faltering between...
By definition, those who participated in the revolution rejected the Mubarak regime. The reasons for the revulsion varied however, and the associated conceptual gaps were often deep and wide. Take for example the issue of the transfer of power....
Many at home and abroad are apprehensive of an eventual Islamist takeover should the popular revolt in Egypt lead to fundamental changes in the governing regime. The opposite is more likely. The Islamist trend can be properly contained within a more...
A clash between two worlds. One world aspires to break the chains of humiliation that have long robbed it of its humanity and stifled its creative energy. Its eclectic representatives--rich and poor, educated and illiterate, Westernized and...
Egypt is marked by a profound contradiction which deserves some comment: Healthy rates of economic growth exist alongside a widespread feeling of despair which dominates broad segments of society. This despair is rooted in the declining living...
I recently had the pleasure of viewing the splendid film Cairo Time, directed by Ruba Nadda, a young Arab-Canadian.The film won Best Canadian Film at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009. Despite some clichés and a somewhat orientalist...
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