Opinion

Egypt’s elections: the meaning of Sabahi’s entry and Abul-Fotouh’s exit

At a press conference that was visibly on the more spontaneous side in terms of organization and appearance, the former presidential candidate's announcement seemed to surprise even...

Al-Sisi’s Bad Options

All the man had to do was to announce his candidacy, and the rest would be history. But then, nothing. No announcement. Radio silence,...

Egypt Is More Opinionated, Daring, and Entrepreneurial Than Ever

It is true that power concentration is deeply rooted in Egyptian history. About 7,000 years ago, someone tried to enhance the yield of a...

Why Western Liberals Have Problems Understanding Egypt

I’m not a correspondent. I could call myself an analyst. Apart from personal vanity, which drives more or less all authors, the objective of...

What Egypt Needs Now

At this historic time, Egypt may be ready to take a step toward a major breakthrough, if it can properly take advantage of the...

What’s Really Behind the Persecution of Christians in the Middle East?

Recently, however, my view of the problem was carefully challenged by a Catholic brother whose vocation is intimately involved with the difficulties in the...

The Road to Real Democracy

It can be said that it was not that way for Eastern European countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and East Germany...

A Skewed Look at Arab Hearts and Minds

His book contains useful broad generalizations, revealing new data and intriguing ambiguities. But it also suffers from occasional problems: methodological flaws, unsupported or questionable...

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