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Articles of the author Khaled Hanafi Ali
Experts in focus
We were sitting in a café watching one of the Arab satellite TV channels when one person referred sarcastically to an analyst being interviewed on a talk show. "These experts make fortunes without putting in much effort," he said. My attempts to (...)

13 - 07 - 2021
Peace versus proxy war
The prospect of peace is being tested in Libya against a backdrop of a developing regional rapprochement between Egypt and Turkey. Syria is witnessing a stalemate, with most of the country now back in the hands of the regime led by Syrian President (...)

08 - 06 - 2021
Brutality in the spotlight
There are many Hollywood horror movies that leave Arab viewers in a state of shock due to the sadism of murderers who torture their victims or take apparent pleasure in their pain. Such films are sometimes grounded in Western philosophies that (...)

02 - 02 - 2021
Small sparks, big bangs
Just as passing events can cause major and unexpected transformations in how people view themselves and impact on their behaviour, much the same thing can happen to societies as a whole but on a different scale. The Covid-19 pandemic, which has (...)

15 - 12 - 2020
Legitimacy, health, and power
One of the lessons learned thus far from the Covid-19 pandemic is how health issues and the political stability of different countries are interrelated. Not only has the pandemic wreaked havoc on the world's economy, but the very fact that some of (...)

10 - 11 - 2020
Fear, fragility, and hope
Whereas Democratic Party supporters in the US criticise US President Donald Trump for using a “rhetoric of fear” when he tells voters that he is the only one protecting the American Dream against the threat of chaos, they themselves also tend to use (...)

06 - 10 - 2020
Mali's coup in context
Corruption, protests against the results of the legislative elections in March, the stalled 2015 peace agreement with the Azawadi Liberation Movement in the north, the mounting terrorist threat, tribal disputes and economic straits are said to be (...)

08 - 09 - 2020
Implications of UAE-Israeli peace
The repercussions of the announced UAE-Israeli peace agreement will ricochet throughout all the current crises in the Middle East, not least the Libyan conflict. The impacts, moreover, could be quite pronounced given the possibility that (...)

18 - 08 - 2020
A Shubra epic of solidarity
Unmistakable marks of sadness feature on the face of William, a vegetable vendor in Shubra, on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. Egyptians had hardly celebrated the advent of the holy month when a terror attack occurred on its eve, killing (...)

15 - 06 - 2017
Attacks on foreign aid
The rise of armed jihadist groups such as Islamic State (IS), Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and others in regions of conflict has created growing challenges for global humanitarian aid efforts to deliver relief assistance to residents of these areas. The (...)

09 - 02 - 2017
Immigration, Terrorism ... ways to press on US Administration
In a conference held today in Economy and Political Sciences College, the spokesmen called for pressuring on the US in order to restructure Egypt's relation with America in a way that benefits the two sides. Dr Mohamed Salman, member of Egyptian (...)

31 - 03 - 2012
رب صدفة خير إن شاء الله
كان الخبر الجميل بموعد محاكمة محمد حسني مبارك و نجليه امام محكمة الجنايات دائرة شمال القاهرة.. جميل بجد.. بقى اجمل بكتير..يوم 3 اغسطس انما لما زاد بتحديد الموعد التاريخ ده ممكن يكون عادي جدا لناس كتير و اقل من العادي كمان انما بالنسبة ليا.. ده تاريخ (...)

04 - 06 - 2011
قبلة الحياة
كان يذوب عشقا فيها..تأخذه رائحتها بعيدا عن الجميع..كانت تأسره تستمع لالحان بليغ و عبد الوهاب..قتتراقص على الحانها..فتجذبه اكثر اليها.. رغم ان عشقه لها لم يكن حديث العهد..بل تخطي اكثر من 50 عاما.. ما زال يتذكر اول مرة راها...لم يكن تخطي (...)

30 - 03 - 2011
Hamas leader interview: Influence of Egypt Foreign Ministry dwindling
Considered one of the most powerful men in Gaza, Mahmoud el-Zahar (“Abu Khaled”), co-founder of Hamas, recently gave an exclusive interview to Al-Masry Al-Youm that sent shockwaves through Egyptian and Palestinian political circles. El-Zahar, a (...)

28 - 06 - 2010
Palestinians to Moussa: ''You came too late''
Gaza--"You came too late Moussa: We are as good as dead," shouted Kamal Abu Nada, director of one of the biggest civil foundations in Palestine and prominent activist, waving a flyer bearing the photo of three dead children. Abu Nada reflected the (...)

15 - 06 - 2010
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