بعد أن عشت في الخارج لخمسة أعوام، بدأت أسأل والدتي التي تزال تقطن في الإسكندرية كيف تحافظ على هذا الرابط الوطني الوثيق بمصر على الرغم من كلّ ما اختبرته. English
People dısagree over whether drinking or eating during holy month is a crime, but when police devote more time to this than actual crimes, what or who do they serve? عربي
After living abroad for five years, I found myself asking my mother, who still lives in Alexandria, how she still has this strong patriotic bond to Egypt after all she has seen. عربي
While the US and the Soviet Union were in a proxy war, Americans were also fighting an internal ideological war, believing themselves defenders of liberal American thought in the face of communist evils. عربي
A democratic force no doubt existed in Egyptian politics but it was marginal and contingent upon circumstances which, in turn, resulted in its transience. عربي
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The colonial experience of the Arab world did not only stunt its social development, it also inhibited the development of class-consciousness.
Modern day Islamism represents the interests of a specific social class that has few qualms about current social and economic structures.
رغم أن الحرب الباردة كانت بالوكالة بين الولايات المتحدة والإتحاد السوفيتي، إلا أنها كانت مباشرة بين الأمريكيين أنفسهم، مَنْ يظنون أنفسهم حماة الفكر الأمريكي الحر في مواجهة الشرور الشيوعية الحمراء، ولم يتوقف الأمر عند الساسة فقط بل طال أيضـًا الفنانين. English
In Egypt, both the ruling elites and the urban middle class cling to the military regime, in the hope that they will be protected from a seemingly inevitable tide of social unrest.
Saudi Arabia is the most significant player in determining the future of the Arab revolutions. There are two ways to break this stalemate: replace Saudi regional hegemony, or change the regime controlling it.
التيار الديموقراطي في مصر كان تياراً عابراً محدوداً وُلد في ظرف معين وانتهي سريعا. وإنشاء تيار ديموقراطي قوي في مصر لن يتم سوي بإبعاد المفاهيم الخاطئة عن الماضي. English
