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Articles of the author Nader Bakkar
Egypt's options in dealing with the Libyan crisis (Part II)
As was discussed in the first part of this article, Cairo has several choices to consider when determining how to deal with the Libyan crisis, which continues to deteriorate on Egypt's western border. Among the options available to Cairo are: direct (...)

13 - 09 - 2014
Egypt's options in dealing with the Libyan crisis (Part I)
Relations between Cairo and Tripoli went through bouts of political volatility at the beginning of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's rule before improving and taking on a more conciliatory nature during the last two decades under Mubarak and Muammar (...)

08 - 09 - 2014
Gains and losses of the Gaza war (Part 2)
The diplomatic efforts of John Kerry and Ban Ki-Moon during a month-long series of attacks failed politically to reduce the pressure on Israel, and reach a reasonable formula to extract Tel Aviv from its predicament. In fact, Hamas used this (...)

31 - 08 - 2014
The gains and losses of the Gaza war (Part 1)
Why did Israel decide to attack Gaza? It is difficult for me to believe that Israel's political leaders are so superficial and naïve to think they can entirely eliminate Hamas with such a military operation. Therefore, whether it is proclaimed or (...)

16 - 08 - 2014
Religious law and discourse reformation
Is restricting religious speech and sermons to Al-Azhar graduates and Ministry of Religious Endowments imams the solution to uncontrolled religious discourse (according to both Islamic jurisprudence and on the preaching level), or is it a decision (...)

04 - 07 - 2014
The Islamist stance on Egypt's presidential elections
One year after the failure of their first democratic presidential experience, Egyptians are now witnessing a bitter second episode amid an atmosphere of frustration, trepidation and a loss of confidence. This instability has been caused by the waves (...)

26 - 05 - 2014
El-Sisi's interview from the perspective of strategy
Over the past few days, I have been monitoring reactions to the first television interview of presidential hopeful Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi. Away from exaggerated denials by his supporters of any negative aspects, and even constructive criticism by his (...)

13 - 05 - 2014
Minya: Tragedy repeated
Following our grief with the verdicts issued in another Minya court case, embellished phrases like "No comment on court verdicts," "Values of law state," and "Trust in the judiciary," etc, become only usable on satellite channels uttered from the (...)

04 - 05 - 2014
Egypt's presidential elections: Washington and the western camp
Since 30 June, the US has faced an escalating crisis in its strategic relation with Egypt. A lack of trust in key parties involved in the country's transition caused confusion towards Egypt and its coming presidential elections A Crisis of Trust The (...)

15 - 04 - 2014
Egypt: The odd case of the Minya verdict
No two sane people would disagree regarding the odiousness of the crime committed in Al-Minya Governorate, especially after it was photographed and seen by millions. But those same two may disagree about a verdict accusing hundreds of having (...)

07 - 04 - 2014
Confronting those declaring Muslims as unbelievers intellectually
When incitement to violence becomes a staunch media campaign, managed from abroad and being persistent on people's minds night and day. When this incitement is backed up by aberrantFatwasthat confer religious legitimacy on burning, sabotaging and (...)

26 - 03 - 2014
Egypt's presidential elections: From the outside looking in
It is likely that the sweeping public enthusiasm behind Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will not last long, here in Egypt and in the Gulf, where support for the army chief's presidential bid has already begun to wane Despite (...)

08 - 02 - 2014
Egypt's referendum: A defining moment once again
Egyptians are a few days away from voting in the referendum on the amendments to the 2012 constitution. The upcoming referendum is a defining moment in the history of Egyptians. In fact, the adjective “defining” has been used too often over the past (...)

12 - 01 - 2014
Observations on the identity amendments to the Egyptian constitution
My opinion on the constitution's identity clauses has not changed. I still insist that these clauses are a mirror that must reflect the current state of society, whereby in a culturally mature state it is simply not possible to impose an identity on (...)

13 - 11 - 2013
Why resisting the trite formula is a matter of life and death in Egypt
A dictator never says that he is someone who oppresses freedoms, kills his opponents and abuses human rights. They all, regardless of time or place, speak about state security and maintaining order What is obvious to all is that nobody wants Egypt (...)

30 - 08 - 2013
Brotherhood leaders must choose how they will be remembered
Anxiety and armed confrontation are useless. The case of the sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adawiya requires wisdom, or else it will be repeated at similar sit-ins with small numbers around Cairo, which makes the situation more complicated. The leaders of the (...)

12 - 08 - 2013
Beyond extinguishing the fire
Lurking in the dark for the current government, hidden in every step tread, is the path dictated by a methodological flaw. It is not the characteristic of the wise to fish for others' mistakes, or lie waiting for them to happen. But it is also not (...)

27 - 07 - 2013
Correcting the path: New ways forward for Egypt's governance
In order for 30 June to be a true correction for the path, and for the majority to move from the status of panic to one of cautious optimism, we have to make sure that we don't repeat any of the post-January 25 revolution mistakes. The governments (...)

17 - 07 - 2013
Egypt's poisonous culture of hatred
I stand astounded, unable to find appropriate words to describe the extent of hatred that is rife in Egyptian society now, which is expressing itself over a whole week of videos containing ferocious killings, dragging of people on the ground, (...)

12 - 07 - 2013
Syria: Game of nations
The US position on the Syrian revolution has changed from statements of condemnation to direct action to bring down Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. This may seem to be a drastic change in US policy, but in fact it's only a change of tactics. It is (...)

21 - 06 - 2013
Egyptians abroad are part of the solution
I was on a 10-day trip to Europe with my colleagues, where we visited seven major European cities. During this trip, we tried to communicate with diverse groups of Egyptians abroad as much as we could. This left me with a feeling that Egyptians (...)

18 - 05 - 2013
Islam is sacred; Islamists are not
I was recently invited to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina to lecture about the experience of Islamist parties. During the question-and-answer section, a member of the audience asked me to stop criticising the Muslim Brotherhood and the president, (...)

30 - 04 - 2013
Is Hamas implicated in killing Egyptian soldiers?
It has been over six months since 16 Egyptian policemen were gunned down at a border post in Rafah. The perpetrators are still unknown and the government insists that investigations are still ongoing. However, a storm of controversial media reports (...)

27 - 03 - 2013
John Kerry's bland visit to Egypt
Yes, I dare to describe newly-appointed US State Secretary John Kerry's visit to Egypt as 'bland.' I also dare to assume that he failed to discover anything that isn't included in the regular reports that his embassy sends him about the state of our (...)

08 - 03 - 2013
Is borrowing a way out?
In its present state, the government is living through a condition that can be defined as “a state of uncertainty.” This state does not authorise it to cut any long-term deals, on top of which comes borrowing. I dare say that such cases had better (...)

22 - 02 - 2013
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