Morsi’s best contribution to Egypt would be to make peace
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Day of reckoning: 30 June or later
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‘Rebellion’ Campaign: Not undemocratic, but not quite useful…yet
In the past few weeks, media circles in Cairo have been buzzing…
Egypt is not Somalia (it isn’t Switzerland, either)
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Blame the ‘OmniOpposition’
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On hope and gratitude in 2013: the rock and the tide
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Christians, Muslims and solidarity: the Egyptian challenge
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