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هجوم الثورة المضادة علي التواصل الإجتماعي

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Amr Khalifa

ليس بوسعنا أن ننكر، أنه كما نجحت القوى الثورية في تسخير فيسبوك وتويتر في 2011 كمنصات للتنظيم ونشر مبادئ الثورة؛ فإن الدولة – بالمثل- نجحت في أن تعكس اتجاه التيار Continue reading →

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Cairo: mission impossible?

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Amr Khalifa

Cairo: mission impossible? Opinion writers, more so than their hard news brethren, have a running conversation with the reader. Ideally, that monologue is, paradoxically, a dialogue in the writer’s mind, with the goal being to clarify a muddy picture for … Continue reading →

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Heat rises in Cairo

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Amr Khalifa

Heat rises in Cairo Egypt is set to explode. When and how is dependent on who pulls the trigger and why. Those who had the opportunity to peruse the previous article came to quickly understand that Egypt has galloped to … Continue reading →

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Sisi and the Can’t Shoot Straight Gang

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Amr Khalifa

Sisi and the Can’t Shoot Straight Gang When Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi is just a blip on history’s radar, discerning eyes will look back on this week as revelatory of the current polemic. Both the soul crushing murder of Regeni and … Continue reading →

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Threat Level Rising

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Amr Khalifa

Threat Level Rising Effective threats are often delivered in a voice not much above a murmur and with a smile. Fate drew me to this important conclusion when I tripped upon the Oscar nominated “The Imitation Game” for the second … Continue reading →

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Citizen X speaks to Al-Sisi

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Amr Khalifa

Citizen X speaks to Al-Sisi Dear Mr Al-Sisi, This letter will do something you are not used to: it will force you to listen to a citizen rather than lecture or imprison him. I recognise this will be incredibly difficult … Continue reading →

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Judicial Bullets And Egyptian insecurity

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Amr Khalifa

Judicial bullets and Egyptian insecurity Egypt has become one massive kangaroo court for Islamist opponents of the Al-Sisi regime. The security repercussions of such systematic repression and injustice may potentially lead the shortening of the life span of a regime … Continue reading →

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Fear, Oppression and the Pen

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Amr Khalifa

Fear, Oppression and the Egyptian Pen By Amr Khalifa To be an Egyptian journalist on World Press Freedom Day (3 May), one must have a healthy sense of ironic juxtaposition. In Egypt, as most journalists and readers know, the words … Continue reading →

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The Sisification of Egypt

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Amr Khalifa

2014: The Sisification of Egypt By Amr Khalifa If your wishes for 2014, in Egypt, included respect of human rights, a civil state and respectable judiciary, the year was an efficient delivery system of pain. The stark reality that this … Continue reading →

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Tha Camera and the Gun: Khaled Abol Naga

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Amr Khalifa

The camera and the gun: Khaled Abol Naga By Amr Khalifa In Egypt, the Al-Sisi regime wants opposition pens dry and artist’s mouths shut. Many Egyptian viewers expected Khaled Abol Naga to be more reticent after recently saying “we may … Continue reading →

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