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Kurdish football team sparks Swedish FA ire over battle for Kobani

By James M. Dorsey When Ramazan Kizil established Dalkurd FF, one of…

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Sisi’s plan: New print of the same edition?

We must begin with the questions that concluded my last article: Is…

Farid Zahran

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…

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A failure of democracy and human rights

By Dr Cesar Chelala It is a sad day for democracy when…

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Searing saw: Sinai

By Amr Khalifa “Egypt is undergoing an existential battle.” That booming sound…

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Mounting Israeli-Palestinian tensions reverberate on the football pitch

By James M. Dorsey Mounting tension between Israel and Palestinians in the…

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The ISIS within

By Nesreen Salem The video that emerged from Hama, Syria, depicting the stoning…

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Better late than never: how to rebound state fragility in Egypt?

By Abdulla M. Erfan The Fund for Peace recently published the 2014 fragile…

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Should Egypt be governed by majority rule or by rule of law?

By Mohammed Nosseir The term ‘majority’ could be a very pleasant one,…

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Education: The global antidote to poverty, disease and terrorism

By Dr Cesar Chelala Despite enormous technological advances, humanity continues to grapple…

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