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Egyptian Media Purges Continue, Critics Call for Total Overhaul

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 06.07.2011

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Magda Abu-Fadil

The ax is falling and heads are rolling in Egyptian media to rid once stodgy state-run organizations of deadwood noted for hampering professional and balanced news reporting.

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Liberating Egypt's Media

Adel Iskandar | Posted 06.01.2011

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Adel Iskandar

We are in fact still in the Mubarak era. The old regime may not exist in the Egyptian streets or in the offices of government but it dwells deep in the bellies of the bureaucracy that owes it very existence to him.

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My Love, Egypt

Scott MacLeod | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott MacLeod

How sweet is the air of Egyptian freedom. In all of Cairo and Egypt, a nation exalts in its liberation. Through the evening and into the early morning, I stood in Tahrir Square as they sang and danced.

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One Year After Cairo Speech: The U.S.-Muslim Engagement Initiative

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world at Cairo University in Egypt one year ago was ground-breaking and transformational. While its impact was an...

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Obama's Cairo Trip: The Unreported Details in Context

Mohamed Elshahed | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mohamed Elshahed

President Obama's speech was well-received on the Egyptian street, but retracing the President's path through "the timeless city of Cairo" quickly reveals that change will be hard to come by.

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An Analysis of Obama's Precedent-Setting Speech

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ray Hanania

Obama is stating what many of his predecessors stated but with more substance and a clear understanding of the fundamentals of the Arab and Muslim World.

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Cairo's Reaction to Obama's Speech

Annelle Sheline | Posted 05.25.2011

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Annelle Sheline

I couldn't believe how positive everyone's reaction seemed.

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The Party Of Eternal War Unites Against Obama (And America)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frank Schaeffer

The reactions of right-wing, self-proclaimed "patriotic Americans" to Obama are almost word-for-word the same as the reactions from leading clerics of Iran. And the anti-Obama reaction of right-wing Zionist Israeli settlers and their Christian Zionist American supporters is just about word-for-word the same as the reaction of the leaders of Hamas.

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What Arabs and Muslims Hope for From Obama Speech

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ray Hanania

By going to Cairo University to give a speech to the Muslim World, Barack Obama is doing something his predecessors never really understood -- Obama "gets it."

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Obama Egypt Visit: Cairo University Prepares

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — Cairo University has postponed student exams set for next Thursday and the Egyptian president's security service took over the campus in...

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