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8 killed in Beirut bomb
“There been an explosion in Sassine.” It’s nothing. Probably a gas tank. Or a generator. It can’t be a bomb. That’s ancient history. Look out of the window. See the thick swirl of smoke. The plume,...
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The people demanded the fall of the regime
In anticipation of the slew of “2 years on” articles and tweets explaining where they were when Mubarak fell, some observations. Morsi is not Mubarak, even if the comparison is alliterative and fits...
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We’re not sectarian, the other sect is sectarian
In the latest bout of increasingly irresponsible “journalism” accompanying the civil war in Syria (a previous example can be seen here) Al-Jazeera Arabic has apparently included this poll in its...
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Egypt’s latest dictator
In a twist of Nietzschean inevitability, today Egypt’s Defence Minister and self-appointed Deputy Prime Minister General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi took to the podium looking every bit the mad dictator to...
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General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s speech in English
Here is a translation of the business end of General Abdel Farah al-Sisi’s speech today, in which he called on Egyptians to protest against violence and terrorism this Friday. I don’t believe this is...
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Egypt: Passing the failed democracy test
Bassem Youssef has drawn the ire of a new set of authorities… This week saw the much-anticipated return to TV screens across the nation of “Egypt’s John Stewart” (TM), Dr Bassem Youssef and his...
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Things that look like General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi
You may have noticed there’s a new poster boy in Cairo. His name is General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and if you believe Egyptian state media and anyone who supported the removal of Egypt’s democratically...
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Egypt’s new constitution keeps right for military trial of civilians
Egyptian newspaper El-Shorouk has published what looks very close to being the final draft of Egypt’s coup government constitution. To no one’s particular surprise, it retains the right for military...
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Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is TIME readers’ person of the year
General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has been voted Person of the Year by the readers of TIME magazine I suppose there are two ways to take the fact that Egypt’s coup leader General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has been...
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Saudi designates the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists
#146560094 / gettyimages.com Saudi Arabia today designated several groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, as terrorist organisations. In a continuation of Egypt’s policy of lumping a political...
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