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I graduated from Cairo University in 2008 ā the year the global economy collapsed. Ironically, at the time, Egypt was boasting exceptionally…
On June 9, 2025, a convoy of dozens of buses and hundreds of cars carrying several thousand volunteers departed from the Tunisian capital…
For my father’s generation, Gamal Abdel Nasser wasn’t just another Arab leader; he set the standard by which all others have been…
The world is witnessing an unconscionable silence as Israel, an occupying power, imposes a total food blockade on Gazaāan act of collective…
From the moment Israel accepted the ceasefire deal, its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his aides have characterized it as a limited…
In the run-up to the July 2013 coup, supporters of the Egyptian military regularly circulated poorly photoshopped posters depicting then-defence minister Abdel…
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