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Apr 9, 2013

The Liberal Playbook: Fresh Game Plan Needed

By Mustansir Barma

Egypt’s liberal opposition think Washington has got it all wrong. The narrative increasingly voiced by the liberals is that Washington has adopted the Muslim Brotherhood and will patiently work with President Mohamed Morsi’s government while the country falls to ruin. As former parliamentarian and National Salvation Front (NSF) member Amr Hamzawy put it last month, […]

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Apr 8, 2013

The No-Fly Zone Conundrum

By Frederic C. Hof

Since the very start of armed resistance to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad there have been demands that US President Barack Obama declare and impose a no-fly zone over parts of Syria. Over the past several months these demands have increased exponentially, as the regime has established a deadly pattern of terror: when […]

Syria

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Apr 8, 2013

Top News: Parties and Leaders React to Khusus, Abbasiya Violence

By Egypt Source

 The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) denounced violence that took place in Khusus in Qalyubiya Governorate and outside the Coptic cathedral in Abbasiya, and demanded in a statement that the state "reveals the plans [aiming to create strife between different Egyptian sects], punish those behind them and stop this threat." They also asserted that deadly clashes in […]

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Apr 8, 2013

In Search of a New Prayer: An Eye Witness Account of the Cathedral Attack

By Wael Eskandar

Inside St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Bishop Raphael, charged with performing the funeral prayers for the martyrs of El Khusus, was having difficulties finding a moment of silence for his prayers to be heard. In the early hours of Saturday, El Khusus was rocked by clashes, sparked by sectarian tension, leaving at least five dead […]

North Africa

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Apr 8, 2013

Egypt’s Self-Appointed Gatekeepers

By Ahmed Aboul Enein

On the afternoon of 24 March I found myself in a taxi headed to the Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC) alongside a Salafi cab driver whilst pretending to be a member of Hazemoon, supporters of former presidential candidate and the self-proclaimed Lion of Islam, Hazem Salah Abu Ismail. Abu Ismail and several other prominent Salafi […]

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Apr 6, 2013

This Week in Egypt – April 6, 2013

By Nancy Messieh

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

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Apr 5, 2013

Mystery Meat at al-Azhar Shakes up Egypt’s Ideological Front Lines

By Kurt Werthmuller

Egypt’s social, political, and economic fabric appears this spring as fragile as it has ever been, between violent clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muqattam headquarters two weeks ago, repressive legal campaigns against Bassem Youssef and Ali Qandil, and a disturbing trend of radical Islamist vigilantism. Given this mess, it’s easy to overlook the messy aftermath […]

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Apr 5, 2013

Lebanon’s parliamentary consultations: Political breakthrough or deadlock?

By Faysal Itani and Sarah Grebowski

Despite media warnings of a political vacuum in Lebanon following the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon, many Lebanese politicians seem more relieved than worried. Although the government’s collapse does indeed raise the risk of destabilization as Lebanon grapples with the spillover effect of Syria’s war, the country’s current crisis is better described […]

Middle East

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Apr 5, 2013

Top News: Fire Destroys Offices at South Cairo Criminal Court; Judge Says Fires Were Deliberate

By Egypt Source

A fire has severely damaged the prosecution offices at the South Cairo Criminal Court in Bab El-Khalq. The fire, which broke out early on Thursday morning, destroyed everything inside and caused the ceiling to collapse, al-Ahram Arabic news website reports. 

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Apr 5, 2013

Implications of Egypt’s Sukuk Law

By David Mikhail

The Shura Council approved the Sukuk Law on March 19, 2013, sending it on its way to final approval by the presidency. As the first legislation to follow the FJP’s strong rhetoric on the subject of Islamic finance, the law seems to carry a dual-mandate: an addition to Egypt’s dwindling economic crisis-management tools that doubles […]