The president’s promises and night-time speeches
O president, just because you have forgotten your promises, doesn’t mean that we ever will.
Gamal Eid
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Gamal Eid is a prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer and executive director of the Arabic Network of Human Rights Information (ANHRI)
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Freedom of expression and the religious state
In 2008, while veteran journalist and writer Ibrahim Eissa was receiving the Jibran Twini Lebanese Pioneer Press Award from the World Association of Newspapers in conjunction with the Lebanese newspaper al-Nahar, an American journalist named Marmuq wrote an article in the New York Times saying: “The first thing I do whenever I wake up is …
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Advice to the president
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Enemies of the Arab Spring
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The other Islam
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Overthrow La vache qui rit cheese
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Suharto in Cairo
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The Second Republic…The Fourth Dictator
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Marxist-Leninist!
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Judges and the Rule of Law
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Confession, Apology, Compensation
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Bahrain’s Revolution and President Morsy
From the other side: A secular diary under the Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood was late to join, but they compensated with an active contribution through thwarting the latest attack of Mubarak’s regime during the day of the Battle of the Camel.
From the other side: The issue of the civil society is a different story
In Mid-March of 2011, 60 civil society organisations submitted a draft law pertaining to the work of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) under then Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, while Dr Gouda Abdul Khaleq was in charge of the ministry of social solidarity. They waited for a date for a discussion of the new law, which included protecting …
From the other side: Amr Moussa stay at home
We do not mention his involvement in the crime. Nor do we mention his defence to the matter. We do not know of his opposition to an error. Nor do we not know of his political stance. He is Amr Moussa, the veteran diplomat with a long history of nearly 53 years of service in …
From the other side: The inspired leader and the constitution
How many years will we wait for the ruler to be convinced that his position in power is temporary?