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		<title>The power of Palestinian ingenuity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outsiders are more likely to associate Palestine with statehood-pending than patent-pending, but innovation is crucial to building a better future.]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt&#8217;s middle-class cyberheroes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social networking and blogging voices the dreams and aspirations of the young and middle-class in Egypt, leaving other groups as marginalised as ever.]]></description>
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		<title>Special focus: Arab Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arab awakening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chronikler has focused on the political, social, economic and cultural dimensions of the Arab Spring. Follow our ongoing coverage here.]]></description>
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		<title>Islamist-driven democracy is not a snowball in hell</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy.

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		<title>Should Arabs treat Erdoğan as a hero?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received a hero’s welcome across the Arab world. But should Arabs welcome or be weary of Turkey’s greater engagement in the Middle East?]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt, Israel and Palestine: towards the promised land of peace?</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/promised-land-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/promised-land-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is high time for Israelis and Palestinians - with grassroots support from Egyptians - to unlock their latent people's power and forge a popular peace.
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		<title>David Miliband: revolution v extremism</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/europe/uk/david-miliband/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/europe/uk/david-miliband/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain's former foreign minister David Miliband has high hopes for the Arab revolutions.]]></description>
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		<title>Special report: Making harassment history</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/womens-issues/sexual-harassment/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/womens-issues/sexual-harassment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egyptian and Arab bloggers have dedicated 20 June to blogging against sexual harrasment. This Chronikler special report examines, through personal testimonies and analyses, the causes of this troubling social phenomenon and examines various creative solutions.
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		<title>Where &#8216;no&#8217; means jail time</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/womens-issues/dubai-rape/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/womens-issues/dubai-rape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Dubai, the Middle East's self-styled party capital, women who say they have been raped can find themselves behind bars for adultery.]]></description>
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		<title>Hostility to the West may shape Egyptian politics</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/egypt/hostility-west/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/egypt/hostility-west/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arab socialism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamists and Arab Socialists share a history of clashing with foreign influences.

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