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Egypt’s Dark Tunnel

by Adil E. Shamoo | Oct 29, 2013

The Egyptian people face a very difficult choice. They must choose a path that does not lead toward greater violence, further economic decline, dictatorship, or even civil war. Egypt must somehow avoid the fate of Syria (a civil war with over 100,000 civilian...

The New Rules of the Game in Egypt

by Sarah Gold | Aug 16, 2013

Since deposing the country’s democratically elected government and rounding up supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s military has launched several bloody assaults on Islamist protesters and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Its notorious August 14...