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A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and of ousted president Mohamed Morsi runs past a burning vehicle during clashes with security officers close to Cairo’s Ramses Square, on August 16, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/VIRGNIE NGUYEN HOANG)

Opinion: The Battle for Hearts and Minds

by Abdul Moneim Said | Oct 26, 2013 | Opinion

The first thing that we must realize is that the war on terrorism and extremism is a regional one. This is a war that has extended across the Middle East, while it also represents a threat to regional states, not just in terms of violence, but also division,...

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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 Post-Islamist Era

by Ali Ibrahim | Oct 22, 2013 | Opinion

Over the past four decades or more, the issue of political Islam, in all its forms—from the Muslim Brotherhood to its extremist offshoots and literature—has been a fertile topic for Arab and Western academics and scholars. Theses specialists—along with entire research...

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An image taken from Ahmad Abdalla’s Rags and Tatters. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

London Film Festival showcases Arab Spring

by Sheyma Buali | Oct 19, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Since 2011 the London Film Festival has always included films that reflect on the Arab Spring. These included the portmanteaus 18 Days, and Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician, as well as Ibrahim El Batout’s Winter of Discontent...

Arab Spring economic hardships drive Mecca gold sales down

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 12, 2013 | Business

Mecca, Reuters—Economic hardships brought about by Arab Spring uprisings have taken a toll on jewelry retail trade in Saudi Arabia’s Muslim holy city of Mecca, slashing gold sales by more than half compared to the same period last year, retailers said. Visitors...

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Opposition Umma Party leader and former Prime Minister Sadiq Al Mahdi (left) speaks during joint news conference with Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir (R) after their meeting at Mahadi’s house in Omdurman August 27, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Sudan’s Umma Party Chief on Protests

by Ahmed Younis | Oct 6, 2013 | Interviews

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Although events elsewhere have overshadowed it, another chapter of the ‘Arab Spring’ may be being written in Sudan, where protests over the rises in fuel prices has sparked widespread popular anger against the government, in turn leading to a...