Issandr El Amrani Archive
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Apr 10, 2013
To be credible, President Morsi must do more than merely utter platitudes about his grief at sectarian violence. He must protect Egypt's Christian community. Read Article Attacks on Copts are a sign of social fragmentation
Mar 11, 2013
As the security situation in Egypt deteriorates, the chances of chaos or military intervention are increasingly likely. Read Article Ultra-violence spreads, and Morsi runs out of answers
Feb 20, 2013
No party is likely to win an outright majority in Tunisia's next elections. Hence they must find ways to compromise to help the current government function. Read Article Tunisia's troika of parties must learn to compromise
Feb 07, 2013
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brothers have failed to deliver, but the opposition is acting in a manner that suggests it has no alternative to offer Read Article Egypt's incompetent politics turn citizens against the state
Jan 17, 2013
Hosni Mubarak, once so dominant in Egypt, now seems like a figure from history, which is why there's so little excitement about his retrial Read Article The mystery in a Mubarak trial isn't the verdict, it's the crime
Jan 03, 2013
If Egypt's president wants to be an effective leader, he will have to step outside of the fortress of paranoia he and the Brotherhood have erected. Read Article Morsi must trust other parties if he hopes to succeed
Dec 04, 2012
Last week's political spectacle in Egypt will make a transition to a stable democratic system much more difficult, and does not bode well for how the Islamists think the country should be ruled. Read Article Brotherhood's brute tactics rule out a fair referendum
Nov 25, 2012
The central problem in Egypt's politics is trust, and the lack thereof. Since his election, President Morsi has not invested much time creating it Read Article To break the deadlock, Morsi wields a clumsy hammer
Nov 19, 2012
Tunisia's religious conservatives have serious grievances - but this should not give them licence to become bullies or flout the law. Read Article Secular legacy of Bourguiba fuels Salafi anger in Tunisia
Oct 24, 2012
Down in the trenches of Egypt's constitution-writing body, the future of the country is being settled. Or is it? Read Article Egypt's constitutional tussle rules out any compromise
