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Scenarios for presidential succession

Scenarios for presidential succession

The health of President Hosni Mubarak is not a private matter. It’s a public concern whose smallest details should be…
Behind the affability

Behind the affability

Gamal Mubarak met with Egyptian university students last week, fielding questions and comments about a range of sensitive issues: corruption,…
Reading Tony Judt in Cairo

Reading Tony Judt in Cairo

A few days ago, the world mourned the passing of Tony Judt, a British historian of repute and engaged public…
Boycotting elections? The wrong question

Boycotting elections? The wrong question

The current state of political mobilization and intensifying protests and strikes in Egypt has created a fanciful impression that change…
The road to denial

The road to denial

The Egyptian press recently reported that President Mubarak will soon inaugurate the new Saft el-Laban corridor, connecting Cairo University to…
A tortuous problem

A tortuous problem

The potential seems almost endless. More than two hundred thousand people have registered their support on the Facebook page “We…
Geddo and messianic football

Geddo and messianic football

A big story has monopolized the Egyptian press for days. Not the likelihood of war between Israel and Lebanon, not…
Pandering to power

Pandering to power

In Tora Prison in the 1970s, the patience of political prisoners who had been held there for years was fraying…
It’s complicated

It’s complicated

The Middle East is a complicated place, perhaps no part of it more so than Lebanon, where all of the…
Monarchical nostalgia: A grand illusion

Monarchical nostalgia: A grand illusion

Many Egyptians long for the days of the monarchy and mourn the loss of refined sensibilities associated with a cultured…
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