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The Mohamed Mahmoud Mural: Whitewashing Cairo’s Memory of the Past

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Sep 21, 2012

The Mohamed Mahmoud Mural: Whitewashing Cairo’s Memory of the Past

By Soraya Morayef

Someone once asked if Cairo graffiti was a trend that would die out eventually. As a documenter of the past 18 months’ worth of street art around Cairo, I had noticed that most street art was sparked, influenced and shaped by politics. Graffiti was made for, during and after protests on the streets of Cairo, […]

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Sep 21, 2012

Top News: Israel troops kill 3 gunmen in Egypt border clash: Reports

By Egypt Source

Israeli troops on Friday shot dead three heavily armed gunmen who sneaked across the Egyptian border and ambushed troops, averting "a very big terror attack," a military spokeswoman told AFP.

MENASource

Sep 21, 2012

Inside the Muslim Consciousness

By Nader Bakkar

The offensive film, “Innocence of Muslims”, which depicts the Prophet (PBUH) in a derogatory light, is just another episode in a lengthy and absurd series of events dating back to 2005, which continue to show contempt for the feelings of two billion Muslims around the world. For that reason, I do not agree with those […]

MENASource

Sep 20, 2012

Top News: New Constitution to Reduce Presidential Authorities, Morsi will Finish 4-Year Term

By Egypt Source

The Constituent Assembly has reduced, in the draft of the new constitution, the authorities of Egypt’s executive and given the right to parliament to hold the president accountable, said Salah Hassab Allah, member of the  System of Governance Committee, a body affiliated to the Constituent Assembly. 

MENASource

Sep 19, 2012

Individualism versus Community in the Egyptian Psyche

By Tarek Radwan

The protests that began in Egypt and spread to the far flung corners of the Muslim world reflect a very real disconnect in the basic philosophies and strategic interests that guide the actions of populations within these countries. Few recent analyses, if any, scratched deeper below the socio-political surface to expose the source of the […]

MENASource

Sep 19, 2012

Police Actions Legitimize Egyptians Taking Justice into their Own Hands

By Nancy Messieh

Alber Saber, a 27-year-old activist, was arrested from his home in Cairo a few days ago. Police charging into a man’s home and taking him into custody is certainly nothing new in both pre- and post-January 25 Egypt. In Saber’s case, however, a dangerous precedent has been set, one in which police actions have legitimized […]

MENASource

Sep 19, 2012

Top News: Rights group: New Police Powers Law Recreates Mubarak-Era Emergency Regime

By Egypt Source

A controversial draft bill, named the ‘protecting society from dangerous people’ bill, replicates the worst features of the widely-misused and now defunct emergency law, according to a statement issued by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR).

MENASource

Sep 18, 2012

Top News: Egyptian opposition parties merge to form the Conference Party

By Tarek Radwan

As political parties scurry to establish themselves before the parliamentary elections, expected to take place after the constitution is approved, 10 parties have decided to merge and form a single political party, the Conference Party. Around 15 other political parties initially agreed on the idea of an alliance, adding that they would further discuss the […]

MENASource

Sep 17, 2012

Morsi: from Backup Candidate to President with Absolute Power / مرسي من مرشح احتياطي لرئيس بصلاحيات مطلقة

By Haitham Tabei

In less than two months, Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi transformed from a ‘backup’ candidate into a powerful president. During his first days in office, it was said that he had no powers and was subservient to the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Office. Now he has become a president with expanded powers that give him control over […]

MENASource

Sep 17, 2012

Fearing for Islam / الخوف على الإسلام

By Magdy Samaan

‘Innocence of Muslims’, the film that sparked a wave of violent protests across the Middle East is not the first work of its kind, deemed an unacceptable violation of religion by Muslims, while the west defends it as an example of freedom of expression. For the most part, protests of this kind are a simple […]

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