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Articles of the author Ezzedine Choukri Fishere
Op-ed review: Marrying into Al-Sisi's family
Al-Masry Al-Youm Newspaper Columnist Ezzedine Choukri Fishere chose to create an analogy for the current political scene in Egypt, with each political entity becoming a family, similar to the mob families seen in action movies. In the analogy, Egypt (...)

28 - 01 - 2014
Egypt's fifth president
Given the grievances and aspirations of Egyptians who have taken to the streets and the challenges the country faces, what qualities should Egypt's fifth president possess, asks Ezzedine Choukri Fishere* After the dust settles and when the Higher (...)

03 - 02 - 2011
The coming Arab world
Yearning for popular representation, the dominance of political Islam and the rise of anti-rationalism will continue to define the Arabs' options, writes Ezzedine Choukri Fishere * Predicting is a risky business, particularly in the Arab World where (...)

31 - 12 - 2010
The Arab world's tipping point
Nothing much happened for the Arab world in 2010, and nothing much will happen in 2011, writes Ezzedine Choukri Fishere*. But business as usual cannot -- and won't -- go on indefinitely 2010 will go down in history, as far as the Arab world is (...)

30 - 12 - 2010
Crumbling Arab world?
Seen from outside, the Arab world looks like it is about to crumble. Four Arab states — Iraq, Sudan, Yemen and Somalia — are facing the threat of territorial disintegration. One country, Lebanon, has settled for losing its independence; another, (...)

23 - 08 - 2010
Taxing the Israeli occupation
CAIRO: Arab intellectuals and policymakers have often accused Europe of using financial generosity to cover up its political impotence over the Arab-Israeli conflict. If Europe is to be taken seriously as a global player, they argue, it must also (...)

18 - 03 - 2010
See you later, Mr President!
President Obama has disappeared from the Middle East political scene. Like all other US presidents who did the same, he'll be pulled back in and not on his terms, writes Ezzedine Choukri Fishere* For someone who made a new approach to the Middle (...)

04 - 02 - 2010
Sex, marriage and Mideast peacemaking
Pushing Arabs and Israelis towards peace is comparable to concluding a marriage between two hostile families. Without clear terms it cannot be consummated, and halfway intimacies are not enough, writes Ezzedine Choukri Fishere* Once again, Arab, (...)

13 - 08 - 2009
Celebration time is over
In a letter to President Obama, Ezzedine Choukri Fishere* argues that respect for Arab interests, not cultural sensitivities, is the key for the Arab world and the United States to rebuild their shattered trust President Obama, it is a pleasure to (...)

04 - 06 - 2009
A security regime for the Middle East
The pursuit of a comprehensive Middle East security regime is the best way to address Iranian and Israeli nuclear programmes while reassuring key regional players, writes Ezzedine Choukri Fishere The Obama administration is bent on engaging Iran in (...)

02 - 04 - 2009
Time for sanctions
Effective, targeted sanctions against the symbols of Israeli occupation could break the deadlock of the stalled Arab-Israeli peace process, writes Ezzedine Choukri Fishere* In July 2006, after a meeting of Arab foreign ministers, Arab League (...)

26 - 02 - 2009
A comprehensive agenda
Adopting a framework for comprehensive peace in the Middle East is the change that Obama really needs to herald, write Ezzedine Choukri-Fishere and Omar Dajani In his victory speech on election night, President-elect Barack Obama heralded "a new (...)

20 - 11 - 2008
A Palestinian state first
Justice for Palestinians, including resolution of Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees, can best be achieved after self-determination on the basis of the two-state solution, write Ezzedine Choukri Fishere and Omar Dajani In 2001, Israelis (...)

11 - 09 - 2008
The road to Jerusalem 2033
Ezzedine Choukri-Fishere* argues that the traumas of the Arab-Israeli struggle should inspire the path towards peace A few weeks ago, I was sitting with friends in the garden of the American Colony Hotel in East Jerusalem, a few hundred metres away (...)

15 - 05 - 2008
The Rafah Quartet
Spontaneous popular action on the part of Palestinians in Gaza left all political players reeling last week, sparking an influx of an estimated 700,000 Palestinians -- near half of the Gaza Strip population -- into the Egyptian Sinai, desperate for (...)

31 - 01 - 2008
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