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		<title>Peace in New Canaan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Israeli-Palestinian peace talks fail again, it is time to build a New Canaan of diversity, tolerance and peace based on reimagined identities.]]></description>
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		<title>Secular Egypt: dream or delusion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Egypt on the road to theocracy or will it manage to build a secular, pluralist democracy?]]></description>
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		<title>Islamist-driven democracy is not a snowball in hell</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/islamist-driven-democracy/</link>
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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>A drinker&#8217;s guide to Islam</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/reflections/belief/drinkers-guide-to-islam/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/reflections/belief/drinkers-guide-to-islam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although alcohol is 'haraam', Muslim societies have rarely managed to stay on the wagon, and vital parts of their culture have developed under the influence.]]></description>
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		<title>9/12: Turning over a new leaf in the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/europe/usa/9-12/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/europe/usa/9-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 10th anniversary of the day after 9/11, it is high time to trash the ‘clash of civilisations’ theory and the ‘war on terror’ and start a new chapter in the West’s relationship with the new Middle East. ]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of a &#8216;self-hating Arab&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/self-hating-arab/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/self-hating-arab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ben gurion airport]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only self-hating Arabs and Jews can save the Middle East from itself.

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		<title>Rejected by the right, Western Muslims are only left with the left</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/europe/multiculturalism/left-with-the-left/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/europe/multiculturalism/left-with-the-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No Muslim in their right mind would support far-right Christian groups in the West, though they may well symathise with their Muslim equivalents elsewhere.

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		<title>Atheists: Egypt&#8217;s forgotten minority</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/reflections/belief/atheist-minority/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/reflections/belief/atheist-minority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egyptian atheists and religious sceptics are a minority that exists in reality but not in official statistics.

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		<title>Lost in demonisation</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/israel-palestine/lost-in-demonisation/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/israel-palestine/lost-in-demonisation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israelis and Arabs tend to believe that they share little in common. But in reality they are more alike than they like to admit.]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[arab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arab world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harassment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[headscarf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revolution]]></category>
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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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