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A revolution before daybreak: Coptic Orthodox Pope, Tawadros II

Nelly van Doorn-Harder 11 February 2013

Pope Tawadros II has realised that the revolutionary spirit in Egypt cannot be suppressed. His answer has been to create a system in the Coptic Orthodox Church that is more open minded and accessible than it has ever been in nearly two thousand years of existence, says Nelly van Doorn-Harder.

Egypt needs a change, not in regime, but in cultural logic

Dina El Sharnouby 10 February 2013

Restructuring of institutions to create a more efficient bureaucracy free from corruption so that Egyptians no longer depend on the mercy of governmental officials to procure their basic needs of daily supplies and services is a priority.

I can’t believe it’s not Qatar!: addressing the Brotherhood’s other patron

Amro Ali 4 February 2013

If the Arab uprisings have taught us anything, it is that the Arab public represents a formidable challenge to power elites. Grievances should not limit Egypt’s revolutionary camp at the expense of a proactive outreach to Arab societies, united in their anti-authoritarianism.

Egypt: on glorifying violence

Tarek Amr 4 February 2013

One reason for glorifying violence was because for Mubarak, then SCAF followed by the Ikhwani government, accusing opponents of being violent mobs was a favourite ploy for giving legitimacy to the state's brutality.

The Black-Mask Gang

Nader Bakkar 4 February 2013

Let us come up with a covenant between all the trends, currents and political parties of Egypt. Mastering the art of “finding the common ground” is a must that we can’t live without nowadays!

Egypt: taking people for fools

Refaat Mohamed 4 February 2013

They justify, and justify, and cannot stop justifying, and I think the fact that someone needs to justify everything he does, means that something is wrong.

Tearing Egypt apart

Mariz Tadros 31 January 2013

The eruption of protests, violence and civil disobedience in Egypt this month is a replay of the scene in 2011 before the status quo was ruptured, but the current regime’s attacks on women and religious minorities in order to quell opposition is more pervasive than anything seen before, argues Mariz Tadros

It’s not me, it’s you: a bad Egyptian break-up

Ahmed Kadry 28 January 2013

Just as Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood have been continuously accused of hijacking and jumping on the coattails of the revolution, now the finger is being pointed by activists towards other activists who disagree on what the next course of action should be.

Presidents, Prime Ministers and the Arab Spring

Sujit Choudhry and Richard Stacey 21 January 2013

After a year of quiet turmoil under Ennahda's rule, post-revolution Tunisia faces many challenges. Sujit Choudhry and Richard Stacey have had a look at semi-presidentialism and have been evaluating which political system would be more beneficial to Tunisia's citizens.

National myth in Egypt

Refaat Mohamed 21 January 2013

Unless we, the people, and the regime that is in charge of the country, admit that we are very close to rock bottom, we had better be prepared to face the dire consequences.

Two years on: a revolution is a process, not an event

Amro Ali 21 January 2013

2013 has many surprises in store for Egypt.

A crisis in identity: Egypt’s opposition is caught up in a futile debate

Ahmed Kadry 21 January 2013

Secular versus Islamist barely scratches the surface of the conflicts that best Egypt.

Egypt’s crisis deserves a better set of calculations

Nader Bakkar 13 January 2013

We need achievable goals that we can see before we die, we need what is known as SMART goals.

Egypt: fighting the status quo

Karim Malak 9 January 2013

The simple binary “Morsi vs. the ancien regime”, prevents us from developing a third way out.

Egypt: the Islamization of state policy

Mariz Tadros 8 January 2013

Fears that Egypt’s constitution will be used to inhibit freedoms and enhance the powers of the Islamists in power have already proven to be well founded. The new constitution makes the entire governance system subject to the strictures of Islamic jurisprudence, argues Mariz Tadros

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