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		<title>High time for a fly-in to Syria</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/syria-fly-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arab league]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arab spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil war]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fly-in]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though risky, a civilian fly-in to Syria will send out a clear message that the world cannot stand idly by while ordinary people are slaughtered.]]></description>
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		<title>Admiring the enemy</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/israel-palestine/admiring-the-enemy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[anti-semitism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arab world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baruch goldstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fogel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Itamar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jewish state]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the ugly war of words between Israelis and Arabs, Israel does also get some good press in the Arab world and has some surprising admirers.]]></description>
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		<title>The Arab media paradox</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/the-arab-media-paradox/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/the-arab-media-paradox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[alaa al-aswany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arab spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arab world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dictatorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[egypt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hosni mubarak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[press freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[press freedom index]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the general Arab decline in the press freedom rankings, the region’s media have, in many ways, actually become freer.]]></description>
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		<title>Revolution@1: Sex and the citizen in Egypt and America</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/womens-issues/revolution1-sex-and-the-citizen-in-egypt-and-america/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/womens-issues/revolution1-sex-and-the-citizen-in-egypt-and-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[abstinence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[al-nour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christian fundamentalist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clash of civilisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conformity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber attacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demonisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[peace process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[west bank]]></category>

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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>
		<category><![CDATA[iaea]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mahmoud ahmadinejad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mohammad khatami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mousavi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chronikler.com/?page_id=3294</guid>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[arab world]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holy land]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[ataturk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nationalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ottoman empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recep Tayyip Erdogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revolution]]></category>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[arab awakening]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[end of history]]></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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