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Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh appoints female advisor for first time in history
Egypt
September 20, 2022
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh appoints female advisor for first time in history
For the first time in Al-Azhar’s history in Egypt, the Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh, Ahmed al-Tayeb, appointed a female advisor to…
New US rockets are causing fresh problems for Russia
World
July 15, 2022
New US rockets are causing fresh problems for Russia
There’s a new and potentially very significant factor in the Ukrainian conflict: the Ukrainians’ ability to use recently supplied Western systems to hit…
Police reform: Getting it right
Opinion
April 24, 2011
Police reform: Getting it right
It's widely believed that regimes that lack popular legitimacy often resort to torture. Desperate to retain control over their people,…
The undemocratic basis of democracy
Opinion
March 15, 2011
The undemocratic basis of democracy
Freedom has been on the top of the demands raised by the 25 January revolutionaries in Egypt. Following Hosni Mubarak’s…