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ALICE HACKMAN, CG NEWS: The aim of the project is to connect people in the US with the rest of the world through dinner-time Skype conversations.
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CROSSROADS ARABIA: Media reaction to Saudi women’s participation in the Olympics has been mixed but it’s marked a clear watershed.
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KHALED DIAB, CGNEWS: It’s possible to see the key struggles of the last 60 years through the prism of the life of Sasson Somekh.
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NADA AKL, CGNEWS: Positive role models and an increasingly connected world are having a positive effect in encouraging young entrepreneurs
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COMMON GROUND NEWS: There is much discussion about the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists but there is another significant power in Egypt
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JAMES M. DORSEY: The success of the Jordanian Football Association is causing other sporting bodies to sit up and take notice.
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ALEX KANE, MONDOWEISS: Deepa Kumar has written a detailed study of Islamophobia which links it inextricably to the cause of Empire
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JUAN COLE: The economic and social challenges facing Egypt today are immense. With the right approach, however, Muhammad Mursi can make real change happen
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M. LYNX-QUALEY: It’s time to bid a sad adieu to my adopted home town. I hope to be back, though, soon.
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JUAN COLE: One problem for Mursi is mollifying the Egyptians who are terrified of him, fearing he wants to turn their fun-loving country into a grim Saudi Arabia.
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JUAN COLE: There seems to be no rational explanation why SCAF has moved now against parliament. That leaves only the irrational.
M.-Lynx-Qualey Bashar al-Assad , Cairo , Elias Khoury , Humphrey Davies , Literature , Max Weiss , Samar Yazbek , Syria
M. LYNX-QUALEY: It’s a harrowing experience that feels immediate and real because the events are still ongoing.
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DANIEL M. VARISCO: Whether it’s Syria or Yemen the bloodshed just seems to go on. It’s always been so.
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JUAN COLE: The Egyptian electorate seems to have a strong leaning for ‘law and order’. Very similar to the U.S electorate in the 1960s
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M. LYNX-QUALEY: Kuwait always features highly in lists of press freedom in the Arab world but it keeps a tight rein on literature
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VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: Palestinian minister for prison affairs says an agreement has been reached on a proposal to end the hunger strike.
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DANIEL M. VARISCO: It’s dogmatic rhetoric and a willingness to conform to imposed tyranny that are the real enemies.
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M. LYNX-QUALEY: It may be Cairo’s oldest book market but heritage is no protector from increasing development
Steve Royston Abu Dhabi , Bahrain , Cairo , Middle East , Shisha , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: While Saudi plans to ban it within city limits; Bahrain is considering loosening restrictions. I’m with the Bahrainis.
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HUSSEIN OMAR, ARABLIT: Nasser had a ‘Caesar Complex’ but for Egyptians and many other Arabs there’s only one Shakespearean hero.
