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16 hours ago by soberhigh

After 28 years in power in Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak’s promised to shepherd Egypt into a stable democracy has dissipated. It is the awaited transition that never happened (and probably never will). BBC Arab Affairs analyst Magdi Abdelhadi attempts to understand what has happened to Egypt in the ...

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2 days ago by David

"The substance of Obama's foreign policies in the Middle East and North Africa remain in many key areas strikingly similar to, and are in some cases more aggressive than, those of George Bush, his predecessor." Obama's strategies failing in Iran It took more than a week of intensified government rep ...

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3 days ago by arabist

Hosni Mubarak, latter-day Pangloss: CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak said the Arab world is currently in the best of states and that its problems will end in time.

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4 days ago by Zeinobia

Asuit has decided to name one of its public square after Gamal Mubarak for his contributions in fight poverty in the villages in Upper Egypt. Yes there will be " Gamal Mubarak Square !!" This is the first time a square is named after Gamal. I do not approve on this decision with my all respect to th ...

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5 days ago by Zeinobia

Ok it became more than speculations and rumors we speak about internally or regionally in the Arab world , now it became a regular talk among Egyptians about the very soon Mubarak resignation or rather Gamal Mubarak’s escalation in to presidency. There is no doubt that after the death of Mohamed JR ...

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5 days ago by chronikler

Despite its dislike of the Ahmadinejad government, Egypt fears the spread of the Iranian protest contagion to its own borders, but why are Egyptians not showing any symptoms of the 'Iranian flu'?

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6 days ago by arabist

The BBC World Service has posted the second part of its excellent documentary on Egypt, Hosni Mubarak and an uncertain future. I highly recommend it as one of the rare attempts to make a judgement about the Mubarak years, as they reach their twilight. Play Part one was posted here.

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7 days ago by by Michael Boh

Hello Papamoka Bloggers! Michael Jackson's death - may he rest in peace - came at a fascinating and highly uncertain time geopolitically, distracting us from a darkening political storm in the Middle East. I'm talking about the clear rejection of religious fundamentalism in Iran - despite the govern ...

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10 days ago by Zeinobia

Via Affendina Now I found why traffic in Cairo and Giza was more than terrible last Tuesday ; I know that Medvedev was visiting Cairo on that day and this is what made our Capital paralyze, he visited the Egyptian Museum and the Arab league after his meeting with Mubarak in the morning but I did not ...

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10 days ago by Anonymous

Via Affendina Now I found why traffic in Cairo and Giza was more than terrible last Tuesday ; I know that Medvedev was visiting Cairo on that day and this is what made our Capital paralyze, he visited Read More......( read more)

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