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Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi speaks during a news conference with Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (unseen) after their summit in Cairo, on November 8, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Opinion: Targeting Egypt–Saudi Ties

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Feb 11, 2015 | Opinion

During his historic visit to Egypt in 1946, the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz Al Saud was received with unprecedented warmth by the people, monarch, politicians and intellectuals of Egypt. King Abduaziz concluded that visit with a speech he...

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A handout picture released by the Middle East News Agency (MENA) shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (C), surrounded by top military generals, as he addresses journalists following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the armed Forces in Cairo on January 31, 2015. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: Egypt’s latest scandal is not exactly Watergate

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 11, 2015 | Opinion

The latest so-called scandal of audio leaks from the Egyptian presidency is fit to be taught in media studies classes as a model of a failed campaign. It’s also proof that, regardless of how strong the media thinks it is, it cannot influence or change anything so long...

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The headquarters of Al-Bashayer publishing house in Damascus, Syria (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Syrian Publishing’s Uncertain Future

by Hisham Adra | Feb 6, 2015 | Lifestyle & Culture

Damascus, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the years before the Syrian uprising broke out the publishing industry in Syria was thriving. Those acquainted with the business maintain that nearly a thousand publishing houses were operating in Syria, two hundred of which were...

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epa04482264 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C) Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, gestures during the opening plenary of Summit on the Global Agenda in Gulf emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 09 November 2014. EPA/ALI HAIDER

Opinion: Governments must innovate or become irrelevant

by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum | Feb 4, 2015 | Opinion

Companies, like people, grow old. They start life small and eager to survive, fueled by youthful energy and fresh ideas. They compete, expand, mature, and eventually, with a few exceptions, fade into obscurity. The same is true of governments: they, too, can lose the...

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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE (R), shaking hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L), at the aAl-Mushrif Palace, Abu Dhabi, on January 18, 2015. (EPA/OFFICE OF EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT )

Sisi in UAE on first official visit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 19, 2015 | Middle East

Abu Dhabi, Asharq Al-Awsat—Regional efforts to combat terrorism, the situation in Libya and Emirati investment in Egypt were among the most pressing matters discussed by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and the leaders of the UAE during Sisi’s two-day visit to...