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كنت في لقاء على قناة دي ام تي في في برنامج "من الآخر" - استمتعت بشدة و ضحكت كثيرا مع المقدمين الرائعين. انا شخصيا كنت لسبب ما عامل زي واحد شارب 12 اسبريسو و انا [...]
Arab Netizens Pay a Visit to Algeria’s Police State
This past week, representatives from some 20 countries in the Arabic-speaking world and beyond got together, once again, to talk about Internet freedom in the region. The meeting was particularly interesting, convening as it did [...]
The Egyptian Compassion Deficit
Few people, even among their most ardent detractors, would argue with a straight face that Muslim Brotherhood supporters, with all their shortcomings, are being treated fairly right now: an apparent compassion deficit has meant that, [...]
Flaws in the “Women’s Rights in the Arab World” poll
Update 2: Response from Reuters Foundation journalist Crina Boros - scroll to comments ---- Tayeb. Let’s be clear that this is no defense of Egypt and the abysmal state of women’s rights in this country. [...]
What the polls say: Egypt vs. the World
There’s a strange practice in Egyptian media: it refers to nearly every country, particularly developing ones, as a “sister country”. Newspaper articles never fail to mention “Sister Tunisia” or “Brother Iraq”. If it’s not [...]
Egypt’s got 99 problems, but US aid ain’t one
I'm not sure what the U.S. government was hoping to achieve by suspending some of its military assistance to Egypt, but whatever it was -- it failed. Though the State Department declared that the [...]
Egypt scores dead last on schools – And Egyptians couldn’t care less
"At least we're number one at something, even if it's from the bottom," quipped one of my friends in Cairo. We had just finished reading the recently issued World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014, [...]
Concerned Citizens and Bounty Hunters: The Lebanese Army Has an App for You
Just in case you can't get enough of the Lebanese army billboards on the main highways in Lebanon, you can now carry them in your pocket, too: the "Lebanese Army - LAF Shield" has finally landed [...]
Egypt – A Fire That Will Burn Us All
On Wednesday, I watched aerial footage of Egypt on fire. The bright orange flames in the urban jungle of Cairo reminded me of wild fires on National Geographic. Only here it was buildings, houses, cars, offices, [...]
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Egypt After the Spring: Revolt and Reaction.
Egypt After the Spring: Revolt and Reaction. This Adelphi volume brings together senior sch olars as well as rising analysts of Egypt to examine the tumultuous period from the January 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak, [...]
The US elections (and their aftermath), covered as we do African elections
Had to be done (actually surprised it hasn't already): Writing about the latest US elections like US media writes about African countries. **COUNTRY CRISIS WATCH** [insert CNN "breaking news" type of jingle] The US of A, [...]
Refugees don’t want handouts: they want jobs
Jobs would give refugees both money and dignity Image: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke Polykastro, Greece Khaled wakes up early. Most people in the refugee camp in Polykastro, in northern Greece, do – the tents [...]