The tip of Egypt’s snobbery iceberg
The replacement of one snobbish justice minister in Egypt with another who believes judges are lords and masters shows how deep elitism runs.
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The Arabs, apartheid South Africa and Israel
Reactions to apartheid South Africa differed across the Arab world and were coloured both by anti-colonial solidarity and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Read moreEgypt’s false state of security
Handing Egypt’s security services a licence to repress the Muslim Brotherhood will return us to the police state the revolution worked to overthrow.
Read moreFrom the Chronikles: My plan for a democratic Egypt
With the right president, Egypt could rid itself of nepotism and inequality to become a prosperous and egalitarian society.
Read moreEgypt’s general discontent
As millions of Egyptians cast their first democratic vote in decades, recent upheavals confirm that Egypt’s military is the biggest threat to freedom.
Read moreIslamist-driven democracy is not a snowball in hell
Islamists are not all Osama bin Laden and secularists are not all Atatürk . They can work together to achieve democracy.
Read moreShould Egypt’s next president be old guard or vanguard?
Amr Moussa is very popular with Egyptians, but should Egyptians play it safe with the best of the old guard or choose someone from the vanguard.
Read moreFreedom from fear
The Egyptian revolution could usher in freedom to the Middle East, but Arabs and Israelis must break free of the chains of prejudice, history and fear.
Read moreEgyptian government fears a Facebook revolution
Talk of banning Facebook is only the surface of a greater crackdown on independent media by an insecure government.
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