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Opinion
The respective value of a nation's currency isn't only significant for that nation's morale, but is also a key factor vis-a-vis the fate of its economy, people and ruling regime
Though the banned practice of female genital mutilation has nothing to do with Islam, Egyptian Islamists look determined to re-legitimise it. The implications for Egyptian women are dire
Imagine transplanting the Muslim Brotherhood's concept of democracy into an American reality. What kind of America do you get?
Well-heeled and educated, or poor and religious: Egypt must make room for both
President Morsi’s power grab sets a hazardous precedent with potentially long-term consequences for the Egyptian state
With turn out at just 33 pct in the first phase of Egypt's constitutional referendum, Ahram Online's Dina Samak says Egypt's political elite have lost the support of the man on the street
President Morsi has speeded up our post-revolution learning process. He should be thanked
Public policy – not unilateral constitutional declarations – is needed to rekindle the unifying spirit of the Nile Revolution
On Wednesday night the Muslim Brotherhood had completed a complex process of transforming into its ugliest caricature: a gang of fascist thugs
Events are evidence that waiting for change is more costly than fighting for change, and that fleeing from confrontations to avoid strife only results in more bloodshed
Saad Hariri's 14 March movement showed remarably poor strategic vision and tactical savvy in dealing with the 19 Oct. bombing in Ashrafieh
President Morsi emerged an all round winner from the Gaza ceasefire. How else have the Israeli attack on Gaza and subsequent truce changed the political realities in the region?

Stolen assets are the fruits of the labour of ordinary citizens and, as Prime Minister David Cameron has said, they rightly belong to the people of the region. The UK wants to make this happen


Could the exodus of Egyptian Jews in the 20th century be repeated now with other minority communities?


Egypt's new regime will be hard pressed to keep both its pledges: its promise to sustain the interests of powerful players and its vow to make changes in the public interest


Egyptian opposition parties must focus on clear strategies built around key economic messages, and be pragmatic in order to move forward


Whereas a true understanding of each was sorely needed, democracy and Islam suffered at the hands of political factions, and principally the ruling military, after the January 25 Revolution


Close inspection of Essam El-Erian's problematic statement calling Israelis of Egyptian ancestry to return to Egypt reveals Brotherhood leader's true motives


The new Israeli government, to be elected later this month, with continuing settlement policies, is likely to put an end to the remaining chances for a two-state solution


The Egyptian Revolution signified a triumph of the urban; even while the counter-revolution looks to the undefeatable rural for provisions


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