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The Muslim Brotherhood's rejection of a UN declaration against violence against women has shown up the Islamist group's patriarchal atavism for all to see
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Drug rise across Middle East and North Africa is a clear and present danger but can be prevented
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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
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Bassma Kodmani argues that a neutral platform is required in which dialogue between all interested parties can take place
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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
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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
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Although 'local journalists' in Egypt often risk life and limb to cover events, they seldom enjoy the institutional protections afforded their mainstream counterparts
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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