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Tag: Arab Spring
“Innocence of the Muslims” : Trigger Movie in the “Arab Spring”?
Did the movie Innocence of the Muslims cast a shadow on the romanticism of the Arab Spring? This amateur production was the work of an ... Read More
Arab Interior Ministers Move to Tighten Borders Control
Arab Interior ministers have pledged to tighten borders security and control to prevent arms smuggling in the Arab world at the current turbulent and fragile ... Read More
Will Egypt-US Relations Sour Over Aid?
US House lawmakers have blocked a $450 million emergency aid the Obama administration was planning to give to the new government of President Mohammed Morsi, ... Read More
The Metamorphoses of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
To comprehend the current role and position of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, rather than focusing only on its present-day form and the general policies ... Read More
Algeria: Will PM Sellal be up to economic, social challenges?
Algeria is said to have been spared the turmoil of the Arab Spring and the legislative elections held last May gave, contrary to analysts’ forecasts, ... Read More
Taming the Praetorian Temptation in Egypt
When Mohamed Morsi won the presidential elections in Egypt, a conflict between the president and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) was only ... Read More
Egypt: Will tourists come back to the rescue of an ailing economy?
In 2010, Egypt ranked among the 20 top tourism countries in the world with a honourable 18th place. A year later, the Arab spring swept ... Read More
International Community Pledges $6.4 Bln to Yemen
International donors have pledged $6.4 billion to Yemen to support the country’s socioeconomic development plan, political transition and efforts to rebuild after it was rocked ... Read More
Springtime for Political Islam in North Africa: Defying the Western ‘Fear-Mongering’?
Islamist groupings across North Africa - who had long faced severe repression from the recently deposed dictators and were commonly denounced by the West as ... Read More