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Football and militant Islam intersect in incidents across the Middle East
By James M. Dorsey A successful football player near the peak of…
The Syrian tunnel and the spring
By Fadi Elhusseini When the first spontaneous explosions of the Arab democratic…
Path to sanity: Political humour in Egypt
By Amr Khalifa “A girl writes she is every Egyptian young man’s…
Reshaping the Middle East: UAE leads the counterrevolution
By James M. Dorsey War planes from oil-rich Gulf states play a…
Signs of rebound in Egypt’s tourism sector
By Robert Tashima The government in Egypt is expecting a recovery of its…
The lie behind the Gaza Reconstruction Conference
By Ricard Gonzalez A good-hearted global citizen would assume that the amount…
The capitalist cure for terrorism
Military might alone won’t defeat Islamic State and its ilk. The US…
Egypt: University students vs the state
By Reem Khorshid As I chose to major in Architectural Engineering one year…
The public health impact of domestic violence
By Dr Cesar Chelala Physical or sexual violence is a serious public…
Women’s sporting rights put Saudi Arabia and Iran on the defensive
By James M. Dorsey The struggle for women’s rights to engage in…