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A man smokes a water pipe as he watches Jon Stewart on a TV screen at a coffee shop, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (AP)

Opinion: Jon Stewart for Luxor governor

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jun 25, 2013 | Opinion

Comedy can predict the future and be bitterly critical. On the same day Jon Stewart, the US satirist and TV host, told us on Bassem Youssef’s Albernameg television show that Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has appointed him as the governor of Luxor and that he...

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A volunteer from the opposition “Rebel!” group holds a sign as she tries to stop traffic to collect signatures for their campaign on a highway, ahead of the planned anti-Mursi protest at the end of the month, in Cairo June 22, 2013. Source: Reuters/Asmaa Waguih

Opinion: Women’s rights and the threat of Islamism

by Iqbal Al-Ahmad | Jun 24, 2013 | Opinion

When ideological extremism of any kind turns into an attack on freedoms and rights, and terrorism takes away all rights—intellectual or otherwise—and seeks to eliminate all previous gains and advances, it becomes a nightmare. In the Arab world, the impact of the...

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Supporters of Egypt’s president Mohammed Morsi attend a rally in Nasser City in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Opinion: The Muslim Brotherhood has failed in Egypt

by Tariq Alhomayed | Jun 24, 2013 | Opinion

Regardless of the results of the forthcoming 30 June demonstrations in Egypt, and whether the opposition succeeds in toppling the president or not, reality says the Muslim Brotherhood’s project in Egypt has failed, and that the Brotherhood will suffer from this...

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File photo of Secretary-General of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights Abdullah El-Ashaal. (AAA)

In conversation with Egypt’s human rights chief

by Safaa Azab | Jun 23, 2013 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Abdullah El-Ashaal has been described as a legal expert, an Islamist thinker, and a veteran diplomat. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, the secretary-general of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) spoke about the...

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An Egyptian activist distributes petitions for “Tamarod” (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opinion: Egypt after June 30

by Abdel Monem Said | Jun 22, 2013 | Opinion

Do not believe anyone who tells you they know what will happen in Egypt before, during or after June 30, 2013, the date that the Tamarod (Rebellion) campaign will demonstrate for ousting president Mohamed Mursi and replacing him with a presidential council chaired by...