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		<title>Revolution@1: The Egyptian army&#8217;s mutiny against the people</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egypt's junta and its army of collaborators have betrayed the Egyptian revolution, but the people will rise again.]]></description>
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		<title>True people power in Libya</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaddafi and his corrupt 'jamahiriya' may be gone, but Libyans should not give up on the dream of a direct democracy for the masses.

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		<title>The danger of an elected dictatorship in Egypt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The army is giving Egyptians a stark choice: choose freedom and endure anarchy, or choose stability and put up with us.]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana Hawass and the pharaoh&#8217;s curse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zahi Hawass may liken himself to Indiana Jones, but the minister of antiquities is one artifact of the old regime Egyptians want to live without.

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		<title>From Arab spring to summer of love in Egypt?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Egyptian revolution awoke hopes of a new era of gender equality and of greater sexual liberty. But how likely is Egypt to have its own summer of love?]]></description>
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		<title>Arab spring and Turkish autumn?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Turkey truly a role model for the Arab Spring or is it actually a secular democracy in its autumn years?

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		<title>Reinventing the Palestinian struggle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by the Arab spring, a new generation of Palestinians plan to fight the occupation with olive branches.]]></description>
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		<title>From political revolution to social evolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To truly succeed, Egypt’s revolution needs to trigger a profound evolution in every strata of society.]]></description>
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		<title>The Arabic for freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Khaled Diab By toppling their dictator, Egyptians have made history, but now they need to ensure that this revolution does not become a footnote in their history. Saturday 12 February 2011 One day, I couldn’t believe he was staying. The next day, I could hardly comprehend that he was actually going. Hosni Mubarak’s vacating of the presidency reminds me of that old song by The Clash:  Despot, come on and let us know Why do you stay; when will you go It’s always seize, seize, seize You’re happy when we’re on our knees  After his obstinate performance on Thursday night when he refused to step down with whatever shreds remained of his dignity, I was so downhearted, and I’m hundreds of miles away from the action, that I can only imagine the overwhelming wave of frustration, anger and despondency that must’ve torn through the hearts of all the protesters on Tahrir square and massed elsewhere across the country.  By the next morning, I’d penned an open letter to our dictator who obviously thought it was beneath him to be dictated to by his “sons and daughters”, thereby ensuring, with his undignified refusal to exit left (or any other direction), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Jasmine Revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tunisia's revolution will spread the scent of its jasmine to oppressed nations all over the region.]]></description>
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