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Editor’s letter: Europe and those Arabs (1): Is the EU having an affair with The Muslim Brotherhood?
A few weeks ago I called an old friend to say goodbye…
Egypt, Turkey and Iran: Exchanging roles in a tumultuous Middle East
By Fadi Elhusseini After less than a year of exceptional Egyptian-Turkish rapprochement,…
Sabahy’s challenge
Egypt’s leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahy has become the second candidate after ex-army chief Abdel-Fattah…
My liberal times in Oum al Dounia – (Part One)
By Dr Ronald Meinardus After nearly eight years at the helm of…
Who is responsible for the disbanding of the national partnership?
I have no problem with replacing the 30 June alliance term with…
Erdogan chooses football for first-post election strike against Islamist opponents
By James M. Dorsey Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan, fresh from a…
War breaks out
By Philip Whitfield Before conniptions consume, inhale the acronyms. FAG: (For/Against Government),…
The Brotherhood and Britain: The ‘terrorists or us’ theory
The British decision to launch an investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood and its alleged…