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School shootings and lone wolf attacks: What’s the difference?
By James M. Dorsey A recent school shooting in the US state…
Kurdish football team sparks Swedish FA ire over battle for Kobani
By James M. Dorsey When Ramazan Kizil established Dalkurd FF, one of…
Sisi’s plan: New print of the same edition?
We must begin with the questions that concluded my last article: Is…
Egyptian campuses and football emerge as flashpoint in resistance to President Al-Sisi
By James M. Dorsey Football fans exploiting stadia as contested public space…
A failure of democracy and human rights
By Dr Cesar Chelala It is a sad day for democracy when…
Searing saw: Sinai
By Amr Khalifa “Egypt is undergoing an existential battle.” That booming sound…
Mounting Israeli-Palestinian tensions reverberate on the football pitch
By James M. Dorsey Mounting tension between Israel and Palestinians in the…
The ISIS within
By Nesreen Salem The video that emerged from Hama, Syria, depicting the stoning…
Better late than never: how to rebound state fragility in Egypt?
By Abdulla M. Erfan The Fund for Peace recently published the 2014 fragile…
Should Egypt be governed by majority rule or by rule of law?
By Mohammed Nosseir The term ‘majority’ could be a very pleasant one,…