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Opinion
A climate of hostility has existed between police and protesters in the last two years. Taking serious measures to reform police is necessary to ease that climate
Bassma Kodmani argues that a neutral platform is required in which dialogue between all interested parties can take place
Demands for the army to intervene in domestic affairs shows the bankruptcy of opposition currents and the failure of the country's leaders, opening the door for the former regime
The visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry to Cairo was no ordinary stop on his Middle East tour; it was the testing ground of the pragmatic approach he represents in Washington
Although 'local journalists' in Egypt often risk life and limb to cover events, they seldom enjoy the institutional protections afforded their mainstream counterparts
Categorising political forces into 'Islamist' and 'civil' camps does not help society face pressing challenges, or mean much on the positions of each camp on key issues
Justice and transparency are key to building legitimacy, pressuring all players in turn to focus on the challenges Egypt is facing, and to find solutions
The fate of forensic medicine in Egypt is illustrative of a wider collapse of state institutions Egyptians worked hard to build in the modern period
The appalling behaviour of men who sexually harass women is driven by pornography and lustful scenes in the media that depict women's bodies as commodities to be consumed
Iranian President Ahmadinejad's visit to Cairo, the first by an Iranian head of state in decades, may herald the long awaited restoration of historically close ties between the two nations
The targeting of women in the Egyptian revolution – to make them know “their place” – was among the first shots fired by the counter-revolution. Yet they fight on
The revolution made some progress in the last two years, but it still needs to deal decisively with the former regime and its practices

Five concentrations of risk exist now in Egypt


Before the revolution, Hamas had much support among Egyptians, as a symbol of resistance; now it has become a source of serious threat


Drug rise across Middle East and North Africa is a clear and present danger but can be prevented


Since the outbreak of the Arab Spring, Qatar has viewed Islamism as the dominant force in the region – hence the recent improvement in its ties with Egypt


In their feverish attempt to grab Egypt now, the Muslim Brotherhood are pushing the millennia old nation to the brink


Current crisis is a conflict between an authoritarian state that no longer possesses the tools to oppress, and a society that wants to change its relationship with the state but lacks the tools to do so


The Tuareg want a peaceful settlement with Bamako by declaring Azawad their autonomous territory. There may be signs that they have been duped anew


The Muslim Brotherhood does not have the power to rule Egypt as the Nazis did Germany, but what it can do — and appears to be doing — is by failure open the way for an even graver dictatorship


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