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		<title>Revolution@1: Sex and the citizen in Egypt and America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Hacking away at Arab and Israeli stereotypes</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/israel-palestine/arab-israeli-stereotypes/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/israel-palestine/arab-israeli-stereotypes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cyber attacks on Israel shock those who see Arabs as backward, but there are less hostile ways to hack away at mutual stereotypes.]]></description>
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		<title>Israel&#8217;s Ahmadinejad and Iran&#8217;s Netanyahu</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/ahmadinejad-netanyahu/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/ahmadinejad-netanyahu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[binyamin netanyahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disarmament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ehud barak]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahmadinejad and Netanyahu are so alike it is hard to tell them apart. The best way to neutralise them is through a nuclear weapons-free Middle East.]]></description>
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		<title>Special focus: Arab Spring</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/special-focus-arab-spring/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/special-focus-arab-spring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arab awakening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arab spring]]></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>Egyptian in the holy land</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/travel/egyptian-in-the-holy-land/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/travel/egyptian-in-the-holy-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arab spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camp david]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east jerusalem]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a rare Egyptian in Jerusalem, I have felt something akin to being a B-list celebrity.]]></description>
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		<title>Should Arabs treat Erdoğan as a hero?</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/erdogan/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/erdogan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arab nationalism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chronikler.com/?page_id=3103</guid>
		<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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[arab awakening]]></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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[arab spring]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[binyamin netanyahu]]></category>
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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.
]]></description>
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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>
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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>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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