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Tarek Osman

Tarek Osman is a writer and a merchant banker

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Egypt: the blinkers of expertise

The tendency of foreign observers to reduce complex Egyptian reality to formulaic description misses some of its most significant and dynamic elements, says Tarek Osman.

(This article was first published on 12 August 2009)

Youssef Chahine, the life-world of film

A great filmmaker of Alexandria and Egypt portrayed his country with a singular, passionate vision that remained constant in face of criticism and adulation alike. Tarek Osman pays tribute to Youssef Chahine

(This article was first published on 29 July 2008)

The Islamic world, the United States, democracy: response to Shadi Hamid

The effort to forge a new relationship between the west and Islam and to nurture democracy in the middle east requires that the United States in particular reframe its view of the Islamic world, says Tarek Osman. 

Democracy-support and the Arab world: after the fall

An appeal to Barack Obama to reinvigorate the United States's democracy-promotion efforts in the Arab world is based on flawed understanding both of political Islam and the real needs of the region's people, says Tarek Osman.

Egypt’s dilemma: Gaza and beyond

The Gaza war exposes the longer-term security and political predicament of the country at the heart of the Arab world, says Tarek Osman.