Arab men who do not fit the traditional ideal of manhood are often regarded as inferior, and this stereotype holds back the emancipation of women.
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Provincial Egyptians believe that moderate Islamists can construct an Egyptian model of democracy that respects their traditions and identity.
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Is Egypt on the road to theocracy or will it manage to build a secular, pluralist democracy?
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Jailing Egyptians for insulting religion and the military goes against the revolution's spirit, and violates people's secular and sacred rights.
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Islamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy.
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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?
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Egyptian atheists and religious sceptics are a minority that exists in reality but not in official statistics.
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Egypt's secularists and Islamists agree on one thing: Mubarak must go. But when he does, how long will they stand united?
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The depiction of Egypt as a country of religious fanatics who await a breeze of freedom to turn Egypt into a radical regime is far from accurate.
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