Refugees who just want to dance
An Iranian engineer who is seeking asylum in Europe because he wants to pursue his passion, dancing, would probably be rejected. Should he be?
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The Mubarak regime’s legalised robbery
Since the ‘Mubarak mafia’ were not outlaws but were the law, proving that Egypt’s lost billions were ill-gotten is an elusively difficult challenge.
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Egyptians will no longer tolerate paying for the state-run newspapers that peddled Hosni Mubarak’s propaganda.
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“You won’t fool the children of the revolution.” Especially not if they’re Twittering away on their mobile phones.
Read moreTV’s desperate Muslim romantics
Sexual relationships among ethnic minorities offer richer dramatic pickings than cliched stories about arranged marriage.
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