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People walk in front of defected posters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie in downtown Cairo August 29, 2013. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Opinion: The Rise and Fall of the Muslim Brotherhood

by Amal Mousa | Mar 2, 2014 | Opinion

Just a few weeks ago, the talk about the Muslim Brotherhood focused on the group’s political collapse and its failure to rule. but there was a massive change, suddenly and without evidence, in terms of the general position towards the Brotherhood, with a number of...

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In this photo taken Dec. 3, 2013, a giant Palestinian national flag flutters from the highest point of the city and over looking the neighboring Israeli settlement of Ateret in the background, at the under construction Palestinian city of Rawabi, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah. A state-of-the art Palestinian city under construction […]

Opinion: Has the Arab Spring silenced the Palestinian issue?

by Amal Mousa | Feb 23, 2014 | Opinion

I do not believe that the Palestinian cause was on a smooth path to a just resolution acceptable to Palestinians before the Arab Spring; however, neither can we accept what some Palestinian figures proclaimed, that the Arab revolutions were a source of strength and...

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Tunisian protesters hold a giant national flag during an anti government demonstration on November 15, 2013 in Tunis (AFP PHOTO/FETHI BELAID_

Opinion: Who are Ennahda’s real rivals?

by Amal Mousa | Feb 16, 2014 | Opinion

According to the accepted political reality in Tunisia, the Islamist Ennahda’s Movement’s rivals are the Left-wing political parties that are looking to the future. This is true, to some extent; their opposition to Ennahda is political and ideological, but it is also...

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Deputies of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly (NCA) with flags jubilate after the adoption of a new constitution on January 26, 2014, in Tunis. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Opinion: Tunisia’s new constitution and the triumph of modern values

by Amal Mousa | Feb 2, 2014 | Opinion

The ratification of Tunisia’s new constitution marks one of the most significant events to have taken place in the country’s recent history. In fact, this event is so significant that it has to be approached from more than one angle. Analyzing the articles of the new...

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Parliament members gather, at the National assembly in Tunis on January 3 2014. (AP Photo/Aimen Zine)

Opinion: Eradicating Takfirism in Tunisia

by Amal Mousa | Jan 21, 2014 | Opinion

The expression “every cloud has a silver lining” accurately describes some recent tensions within the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly—the body tasked with drafting the country’s new constitution—which began as a verbal spat between two of its members, Habib...