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A member loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) waves an ISIS flag in the Syrian city of Raqqa, on June 29, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)


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Members of the April 6 movement and liberal activists shout slogans against a law restricting demonstrations as well as the crackdown on activists, in front of El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo April 26, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)


Opinion: Another People

Opinion: Another People

The world turns quickly. In the course of time, changing regimes, eras and revolutions, there was never a time when the Egyptian people—described in the past as “great” and “ingenious”—did not protest or rebel. Amazingly, though, criticism of the Egyptian people...
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Jane Mayer ( Asharq Al-Awsat)


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The remains of tents burn outside Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi had a protest camp at Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra.)


Opinion: If Regional Conflict goes Global

Opinion: If Regional Conflict goes Global

One successful terrorist operation—indeed, one successful attack with a shoulder-fired antiaircraft missile—could cause a 15 billion-dollar loss to the world economy. What measure of terrorism is this? This is what terrorism is. It has no mind or soul, no faith or...
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Protesters wave Egyptian flags during a protest in Tahrir Square, Cairo, April 8, 2011. (Reuters)


Opinion: When History Ignores a Turning Point

Opinion: When History Ignores a Turning Point

Three years ago, as Egypt and a few other Arab countries were in the throes of popular revolt, some of us wondered whether events would turn the way they did in Europe in 1848. In that year virtually the whole of continental Europe, from France to the borders of...