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A schoolboy studies during a morning class in a primary classroom at la Providence school in Vincennes, near Paris, May 13, 2008 (REUTERS/Charles Platiau)
by Ali Salem | Dec 9, 2013 | Opinion
The righteousness of a goal does not guarantee that efforts to achieve it will succeed. If a bad strategy is used to reach an objective, the result will turn out to be the opposite of that expected. Achieving social justice through the wrong method, for instance,...
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Water is sprayed at protestors as they clash with police in Cairo on January 25, 2011 (Photo © Reuters/Amr Dalsh)
by Ali Salem | Dec 3, 2013 | Opinion
I feel uncomfortable with the new wave of descriptions and words which slip into people’s minds through the small screen and from the new books that are being peddled around. They all revolve around one point—that the Egyptian revolution was not spontaneous, but was...
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In this image taken on June 10, 2013, grilled pork tenderloin with watermelon-arugula salad is shown served on a platter in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)
by Ali Salem | Aug 6, 2013 | Opinion
Editor’s note: Although difficult to translate, we felt the following piece was worth bringing to our English-speaking audience. In this short, satirical story, renowned Egyptian comedian Ali Salem takes a look at Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (the chef) and the recent...
by Ali Salem | Jan 3, 2011 | Opinion
A few days before the end of 2010, the Egyptians were met with an unwelcome surprise, when an Israeli espionage network was uncovered, operating in the field of telecommunications, as well as other areas. The network was administered by an Egyptian, who had been...
by Ali Salem | Jul 5, 2010 | Opinion
Mr. Najib Mahfuz, God have mercy on his soul, considered peace to be the natural relationship between men. However, in a society that has suffered for a long time from the lack of what is natural in the field of politics as a result of decades of consecutive...
