Tunisia: Freedom and the pursuit of unhappiness
With greater freedom has come greater unhappiness in Tunisia. Behind this apparent paradox is economic hardship and nostalgia for a past that never was.
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Egypt: 21st-century plagues threaten the country’s survival
While the Egyptian regime battles for its survival, Egypt itself may not survive as a viable state, as it faces a ‘plague’ of potentially crippling environmental, economic and social challenges.
Read MoreThe truth about Islamic reformations
Islam needs a reformation for Muslim societies to develop and prosper, is one of those rare convictions shared by both Islamophiles and Islamophobes. Tunisia has done just that: radically reformed its brand of Islam and established a vibrant democracy to boot, yet prosperity eludes it. Why?
Read MoreEgypt’s dollar woes
Hopes are devaluation will resolve Egypt’s dollar crisis, but the situation could spin out of control without a global currency for international trade
Read MoreA common cents approach to money
With the United States and Europe on the verge of bankruptcy, the time has come to consider a radical solution – a single global currency.
Read MoreEgypt’s heartless economic growth
Economic growth in Egypt has mainly benefited the well-off, with many of the poor falling off the tightrope of the poverty line.
Read MoreBy bread alone
The Egyptian government looks to overhaul its bread subsidy system, but experts warn of a possible popular backlash.
Read MoreEgypt’s popuflation problem
Spiralling inflation has refocused attention in Egypt on overpopulation. But is birth control enough without other reforms?
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