Despite the challenges facing the states of the Arab Mashreq region, the nation-state remains the most viable framework for addressing the crises within Arab societies and the broader region, writes Gamal Abdel-Gawad
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What will be the ideological repercussions of the current round of conflict in Palestine and other countries across the region.
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What will happen the day after the fighting subsides in the Israeli war on Gaza, asks Gamal Abdel-Gawad
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Egypt’s new government took office last week after extensive reviews and consultations, writes Gamal Abdel-Gawad
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The issue is not only who wins the elections but rather the overall atmosphere surrounding them, which is different this time.
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America’s dropping of nuclear bombs on Japan at the end of World War II was built upon a lie and established a pattern in the country’s subsequent foreign policy, writes Gamal Abdel-Gawad
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Egypt can learn lessons from the Indian experience of introducing reforms in the wake of an economic crisis.
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Egypt has successfully completed two development stages since the 30 June Revolution in 2013 and is now poised to accelerate work on stage three.
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We need a better understanding of the ideological underpinnings of the Western media in order to understand its failure to report correctly on the region
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Liberated from fear of the old regime, there is a new current to fear in post-revolutionary Egypt
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The absence of mid-aged political leaders in Egypt is a result of the banning of political activity on campus for three decades
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As participants in the state, we are all affected when public sector workers are moved to strike
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Unlike in Japan, Egypt’s tsunami, the 25 January Revolution, has not left people united
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While Egypt appears polarised over the proposed constitutional amendments, the issue of how to reach the future is the issue at stake
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The proposed constitutional amendments are not designed to be final, but only provisional, to navigate this critical moment
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The hatred and mistrust of Egypt's State Security apparatus needs to be addressed and rectified if scenes as those witnessed at the weekend are not to be repeated
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It would be more judicious to look beyond the Constitution's declaration of Islam as Egypt's state religion and source of legislation than be weighed down in semantics on the path to a free nation
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Rather than rush into parliamentary elections, time and care should be taken to ensure mistakes of the past are not reflected in a flawed Parliament
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Emboldened by the strength of their conviction, the protesters who overwhelmed Egypt's security apparatus in the early days of the demonstrations have broken down barriers and inspired change
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As demonstrations continue in Egypt, it is time that the demonstrators realize just where they're going
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