The deadly battle of Port Said may be another attempt to make a return to a police state the most attractive option for Egypt.
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The deadly battle of Port Said may be another attempt to make a return to a police state the most attractive option for Egypt.
State-sponsored conspiracy theories have been bad for foreigners in Egypt. But Egyptians must not succumb to xenophobia and must be open to the world.
In the social media age, revolutions will no longer be followed by the constructing of a national identity based on just one "universal" truth.
Like in 1952, the army is trying to silence opposition with the Muslim Brotherhood's help. But can the Tahrir mentality stop history from repeating?
Is Egypt on the road to theocracy or will it manage to build a secular, pluralist democracy?
As millions of Egyptians cast their first democratic vote in decades, recent upheavals confirm that Egypt’s military is the biggest threat to freedom.
Islamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy.
Muammar Gaddafi once lived above the law, but his killers must not be permitted the same impunity to get away with murder. Justice must be done, even for fallen despots.
The ornamental 'official opposition' in Egypt is as dangerous as the authoritarian regime itself.
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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