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ARABESQUE: A Thinly-Veiled Display of “Democracy”

ARABESQUE: A Thinly-Veiled Display of "Democracy" The Egyptian government has long made it clear that its citizens should be happy with a limited, shall we say "symbolic", political participation.  All

Egypt’s secular reformers losing out

 When the election for a new parliament began Nov. 9, Egypt’s secular opposition and democracy advocates in Washington hoped the results would produce a more open system in which political

In Egypt, the twilight of an era

In Egypt, the twilight of an era The headline of the state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram described December 7, the last day of voting in Egypt’s month-long, three-stage parliamentary election, as "the