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Meet your presidential candidate: Amr Moussa, the vacillator

Meet your presidential candidate: Amr Moussa, the vacillator

With a strong and steady voice, and the ability to alternate at will between the image of the intimidating statesman…
Football offers Egyptians in Qatar a taste of home

Football offers Egyptians in Qatar a taste of home

DOHA — With its three friendly matches scheduled for Cairo last week scuttled by the Interior Ministry after the Port…
Parliament review: Of the past and the future

Parliament review: Of the past and the future

Parliament this week housed several heated discussions about the current economic impasse and lingering cases of corruption. Prime Minister Kamal…
Revolutionary wave reaches private universities

Revolutionary wave reaches private universities

Thousands of students gathered today in and around the German University in Cairo's (GUC) campus, to protest the decision to…
Syrian Brothers everywhere but Syria

Syrian Brothers everywhere but Syria

As the regime-toppling revolutions in the Arab world move into their second spring, identifying a unified opposition front for the…
Profile: Who stands behind Abouel Fotouh’s campaign?

Profile: Who stands behind Abouel Fotouh’s campaign?

Before the revolution, Ahmed Ossama, a 35-year-old electrical engineer by training, made a conscious decision to pursue personal glory and…
Europe talks of free trade with Egypt, activists frown

Europe talks of free trade with Egypt, activists frown

As the country struggles to discern its political and economic future, Egypt is coming under greater pressure to advance its…
Will new amendment lead to an independent constitutional court?

Will new amendment lead to an independent constitutional court?

Among the laws that the legislative committee of the People’s Assembly is currently revising is a June decree regarding how…
Policemen see security reform in unionization

Policemen see security reform in unionization

Thousands of policemen and officers across Egypt are seeking to establish trade unions with which to protect their interests. Legal…
Fighting corruption with information: Stories from abroad

Fighting corruption with information: Stories from abroad

Freedom of information (FOI) is not yet a basic right Egypt. But that could soon change with the writing of…
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