Posts Tagged ‘ dictatorship ’

Confessions of a would-be Egyptian revolutionary

Confessions of a would-be Egyptian revolutionary

Returning to Egypt for the first time since the revolution, an expat desktop rebel discovers the inspirational, the troubling and the simply bizarre.

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The Arab media paradox

Despite the general Arab decline in the press freedom rankings, the region’s media have, in many ways, actually become freer.

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Revolution@1: Sex and the citizen in Egypt and America

Revolution@1: Sex and the citizen in Egypt and America

Fundamentalists in America and Egypt are obsessed with "virtue "and "vice". But the rise of Islamists threatens to bind Egyptian women in a moral vice.

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Islamist-driven democracy is not a snowball in hell

Islamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy.

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The danger of an elected dictatorship in Egypt

The army is giving Egyptians a stark choice: choose freedom and endure anarchy, or choose stability and put up with us.

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9/12: Turning over a new leaf in the Middle East

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.

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David Miliband: revolution v extremism

Britain's former foreign minister David Miliband has high hopes for the Arab revolutions.

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Mobile revolution in the Middle East

“You won’t fool the children of the revolution.” Especially not if they’re Twittering away on their mobile phones.

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The Muslim Brotherhood: empowered by its weakness

The revolution in Egypt succeeded because it had no Islamist face, and the Muslim Brotherhood has benefited from maintaining a soft presence.

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From political revolution to social evolution

To truly succeed, Egypt’s revolution needs to trigger a profound evolution in every strata of society.

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