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Opinion: Thanks to Hollywood, Arabs have an inflated sense of US power

by Mohamed Al Rumaihi | Aug 18, 2013 | Opinion

In the 1960s, Mutiny on the Bounty was screened in Egyptian cinemas. It was jokingly rumored that the then-president, Gamal Abel Nasser, told his PR manager to send a telegram in support of the rebels. The joke is not only cruel, but also bitter. It indirectly mocks...

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Egyptian supporters of Morsi during a rally supporting ousted president Mohamed Morsi in the streets of Nasr city in Cairo, Egypt, 31 July 2013. (EPA/Mohammed Saber)

Opinion: Egypt needs a Gulf initiative

by Mohamed Al Rumaihi | Aug 12, 2013 | Opinion

The political crisis in Egypt is intensifying to the extent that, if it is not controlled, will lead to a split unprecedented in Egypt’s modern history. The reason is that one side is attempting to dominate the central state and marginalize its opponents, and...

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Demonstrators raise their fists during a demonstration on May 1, 2013. A strike stopped ferry services to the Greek islands and disrupted public transport in the capital Athens ahead of May Day protests Wednesday against Greece’s prolonged economic austerity policies. (AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINI)

Opinion: Democracy Draws its Final Breaths

by Mohamed Al Rumaihi | May 23, 2013 | Opinion

Nearly a century ago, Woodrow Wilson, one of the most famous US presidents in American history, signed a historic declaration which saw the United States entering World War I. To mark the occasion, he said: “The world must be made safe for democracy.” At the time, the...