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The writer compares the mental image and status that garbage collectors have in Egypt and in other countries
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Egyptian civil society has been marginalised over six decades of autocratic government. The new draft NGO law is designed to end to this marginalisation and to empower civil society
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Protests in Taksim Square are echoing the call of Turkey's greatest modern poet, Nazim Hikmet, who died 50 years ago today, to 'build their own paradise'
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The stream of political visits by Egyptians to Washington share the same flaw: an inability to understand the dynamics and goals of US foreign policy making on Egypt
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Islamists have recently shown sudden interest in transitional justice. But this interest focuses on revenge, not achieving societal reconciliation, restructuring the police, and ending all human rights violations
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Google’s recognition of Palestine is a step forward on the road to creating a state, as shown by Israel's furious response
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The draft legislation on access to information ignores civil society recommendations and will lead to a toothless information watchdog that is beholden to ill-defined 'national security' interests
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Islamists must be aware that challenging leaders and criticising decisions does not mean challenging Islam itself
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40 years after the 1973 war, Egyptian documents are still hidden. Revealing these documents is the only way to encourage research and make officials realise that people are the ones who hold them accountable
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Recent developments have strained relations between Egypt and Palestinian resistance faction Hamas
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The Muslim Brotherhood's rejection of a UN declaration against violence against women has shown up the Islamist group's patriarchal atavism for all to see
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Drug rise across Middle East and North Africa is a clear and present danger but can be prevented
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