Extremist Islam is rearing its head, seeking to create Kabul in Cairo, and to impose a vision on the people’s revolution
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The revolution is one thing, the future another. Now it is time to focus on the latter, so the former can bear fruit
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The head has been deposed, but can the body politic of the Pharaoh state be changed, or is it waiting to return, to mock the revolution
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In order to honour the 25 January Revolution, all of us must work to bring about a better future, avoiding any temptation to get sidetracked
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Developing countries need the efficacy in political action that only a presidential democracy, with correct checks and balances, can provide
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As Egyptians think about what constitution they want, according to what kind of country they want, they must also think of the best means by which to realise their aspirations
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Instead of debating whether elections should or not come first, political forces need to get down to the work of mapping the content of Egypt’s new constitution
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To return Egypt to health it is not enough to purge individuals; so much more needs to be overhauled
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Fed a TV diet of trivial issues, the Egyptian public is not asking — neither itself nor others — what really is freedom, what is dignity, and what is justice
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It has not taken long for US president Barack Obama’s reaching out towards the Arab revolutionaries to run up against the Israeli wall
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Real democracy is an intricate everyday process, as Turkey has found and continues to learn
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If the secularist camp does not organise and mobilise, the upcoming free and fair elections may be Egypt's first and last
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