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The Mercedes story
This week has been full of contradictory talk around rumours that Mercedes-Benz…
Opinion: Moscow won’t let Ukraine go
Ukraine declared independence 25 years ago. The Soviet Union was beyond saving.…
With mosques under surveillance, IS turns to soccer for recruitment
Abu Otaiba, the nom du guerre of a self-taught imam and Islamic…
Apart from state repression, why has democracy failed in Egypt?
The only authentic attempt to establish democracy in Egypt—the revolt against Mubarak…
Suicide Squad marks the suicide of superhero movies
Long gone are the days when Hollywood could produce a decent…
‘Us’ v ‘them’
It has been just over three years since the dispersal of the…
Mohamed Khan: knight of the defeated
Mohamed Khan has died?! This was the question of denial that followed…
The Rabaa dispersal: a distorted dilemma?
Three years ago, on 14 August, the last thing anyone expected to…
Egypt’s parliament and expectations for legal reform: franchising law
Private sector development is still a huge challenge for Egypt’s economy. The…
The IMF loan: a possible success or failure?
Some people adopt points of view based on a somewhat ideological basis.…