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Arab despots and the Mubarak soap opera
People follow the trial of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. Getty Images. Who needs Ramadan soap operas when you can watch live, second by second, an Arab ruler on trial? Until the moment Hosni Mubarak was...
View ArticleEgypt’s military rulers make a(nother) mess
Egypt’s rulers are making a dangerous mess of the political transition. Long before the latest violence against Christian demonstrators – which left 24 people dead on Sunday night in Cairo – the...
View ArticleSmart Reads July 4, 2013
♦ The Egyptian military reasserted its privileged political position by removing Mohamed Morsi from power. Troops surrounded the state broadcasting headquarters and General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the...
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Why Egypt’s army can ignore the US
Army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on an anti-Islamist protester's placard. US president Obama is depicted as a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood. Getty When the army and security forces ignored...
View ArticleSmart Reads February 10, 2014
Banks that cheat people pay fines, but people who cheat banks do time: Gary Silverman profiles Carl Cole, who helped turn Bakersfield into one of the home foreclosure capitals of the US. Egypt’s...
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