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Opponents of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi flock around soldiers atop armored personnel carriers at Maspero on Friday, July 5, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Hussein Talal


A Military Complex

A Military Complex

On February 11, 2011, moments after the resignation of Hosni Mubarak was announced, a friend and I climbed on top of a tank stationed to the east of Tahrir Square. We were euphoric after hearing the news we thought impossible during those tumultuous eighteen days that...
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Israelis and Arab-Israelis demonstrate against the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian West Bank following the 1967 Six Day War, on June 1, 2013, in the city of Tel Aviv. (AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH)


Opinion: The era of Arab failed states

Opinion: The era of Arab failed states

In the week of the 46th anniversary of the Six-Day War of 1967, it is clear now that said war was far worse than we had thought. The worst thing is that we failed to draw lessons from this, leading to a series of successive tragic “endings” instead of igniting the...