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Egyptian women and sectarian strife
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: A pernicious misogynistic streak has been evident in…
Democracy’s dawn in Tunisia and Egypt?
By Alfred Stepan CAIRO: With protests fading in Tunis and seeming to have…
The Full Brady
By Barry Eichengreen BERKELEY: Financial markets are increasingly certain that a Greek debt…
Abeer, the ‘felol’ and the Imbaba blame game
By Sarah El Sirgany CAIRO: It’s easy to find a person to blame…
Protection of civilians: lessons from Libya and Ivory Coast
By Yves Daccord GENEVA: In the past two months the United Nations Security…
South of the Revolution
By Kandeh Yumkella and Rob Davies PRETORIA: Over dinner in Algiers recently, we…
When prevention is better than relief
By Peter Singer PRINCETON: When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in March,…
Beyond the surface of Egypt’s sectarian clashes
By Sarah Khorshid CAIRO: I am confident that Islam prohibits attacking churches and…
Dial 9-1-1: Hold the phone
By Philip Whitfield Lightening the mood at a tête-à-tête with the Chinese Premier…