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THE EGYPTIAN-SAUDI DISPUTE Abdel Bari Atwan

May 2, 2012
THE EGYPTIAN-SAUDI DISPUTE  Abdel Bari Atwan

          THE EGYPTIAN-SAUDI DISPUTE 30 April 2012 No one wants to inflict any harm to the Saudi embassy or the diplomats working in it, nor to any Saudi consulate around the world. This embassy represents a brotherly Arab nation. However, the Egyptian people have the right to demonstrate outside it and [...]

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Why nations fail A new book highlights the role of politics in prosperity – a point that Europeans and Americans ignore at their peril.

April 19, 2012
Why nations fail   A new book highlights the role of politics in prosperity – a point that Europeans and Americans ignore at their peril.

Protests in Egypt last year toppled a regime which provided little for its people [Reuters] London, United Kingdom - In their recent book, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson set out to do away with some of the myths that still bedevil development economics. In a wide-ranging historical [...]

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January 25 and the republic of Tahrir Square Tahrir Square, during those 18 days it took to topple Mubarak, turned into an existential ‘republican’ of its own.

January 25, 2012
January 25 and the republic of Tahrir Square   Tahrir Square, during those 18 days it took to topple Mubarak, turned into an existential ‘republican’ of its own.

Egyptians mark a full year since their January 25 revolution kicked off in Tahrir Square, where for the eighteen days it took to unseat Mubarak, it was its own ‘republic’  [REUTERS] Oxford, United Kingdom - It was a day in history when Cairo reclaimed its name as the “victorious” city. But what was launched on that momentous day at [...]

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