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Egyptian 6th of April movement members protest against the renewal of the state of emergency during a demonstration on September 16, 2013 in downtown Cairo (TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)
by Abdelnabi Abdel-Sattar | Mar 25, 2014 | Debate
I believe we will see a change in the political landscape, and largely to the benefit of the “Couch party.” There have been attempts to rally the forces opposed to political Islam behind a single candidate in advance of the coming presidential elections, but this...
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FILE – In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, file photo, a Facebook User Operations Safety Team worker looks at reviews at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
by Abdelnabi Abdel-Sattar | Jan 14, 2014 | Debate
Social media platforms can play an influential role in curbing political Islam, especially if we look at the number of Facebook users in the Middle East—fifty-six million—and how they represent the most conscious and influential sectors of society. We must also keep...