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Egyptian soldiers are deployed in the area of the Rafah Crossing border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on May 21, 2013 as Egypt intensified efforts to secure the release of seven security personnel captured in the Sinai. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Opinion: The plot against Egypt

by Osman Mirghani | May 22, 2013 | Opinion

The nature of the relationship between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood will determine many issues in Egypt. In spite of all the statements that have been issued to the contrary, there is every indication that the silent standoff between the military and the...

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Protesters chant anti-Mursi and anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a demonstration in Tahrir square, in Cairo May 17, 2013. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih)

Sibling Rivalry

by Stephen Glain | May 21, 2013 | The Majalla Magazine

In an interview last month, Egyptian politician Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh displayed the poise and good humor of a man who had the foresight to step off a bus before it rolled into a ditch. The former Muslim Brotherhood member spoke confidently about newly democratic...

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In this undated image made from video released by the producers of “Awel el Kheit,” or “the Thread,” which aired in May 2013 on the private TV station ONTV, Waleed Hammad walks in a busy shopping district in Cairo, Egypt, dressed as a woman, as a hidden camera crew films him for an investigative story on sexual harassment. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Awel el Kheit)

Choose Your Words Wisely

by Ahmed Khadry | May 20, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Actor Waleed Hammad dressed up as a woman and walked Egypt’s streets for an investigative television report into what it feels like to be sexually harassed. The program aired earlier this month, and perhaps best exemplifies one of the major achievements of the January...

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Palestinian flags flutter at the closed gate of the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip. Source: AFP Photo/Said Khatib

Egyptian official: All options open in dealing with Sinai soldiers’ kidnappers

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | May 19, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo/Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—North Sinai security chief Gen. Samih Beshadi said yesterday that all options are now open in dealing with the kidnappers of the seven Egyptian soldiers. This comes in conjunction with the continuing closure of the Rafah Crossing with Gaza...

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In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 file photograph, the Rafah border terminal between Egypt and Gaza, and the only gateway for Gaza’s people, is closed and guarded by Egyptian border guards in Rafah, Egypt.(AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)

Egypt closes Rafah border crossing in wake of kidnappings

by Nadine Makarem | May 18, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian police closed the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Friday after seven Egyptian seurity officers were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula near the border with Israel earlier this week. Egyptian Security and Bedouin...