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Egypt
September 22, 2023
Matt Ford
There’ll Be No Escape for Bob Menendez This Time
Even the Supreme Court’s lax bribery standards might not let him off.
February 21, 2023
Eric Alterman
Jimmy Carter Took More Risks for Middle East Peace Than Any Other President—by Far
The historic Camp David Accords were supposed to be just the start. But American Jewish leaders—and Menachem Begin—helped see to it that they were the end.
November 1, 2022
Kate Aronoff
Climate Activists Are at Odds Over Egypt’s Human Rights Abuses
Many groups want to use next week’s COP27 conference in Sharm El Sheikh to highlight the country’s imprisonment of political dissidents. Others, including Greenpeace, are shying away from it.
March 17, 2020
Anthony Bubalo
The Perpetual Weakness of Middle East Despots
Nearly a decade after the Arab Spring, America’s preferred dictators are again flailing as they try to rein in their societies.
May 1, 2018
Jeet Heer
Arab Leaders Have Abandoned Gaza, Too
Middle Eastern autocrats are more interested in isolating Iran and punishing Hamas than defending the Palestinians.
March 15, 2018
Alex Shephard
Facebook Has a Genocide Problem
A U.N. report on Myanmar's campaign against the Rohingya reveals the ways in which oppressive regimes can use social media for ill.
November 3, 2017
Sarah Jones
Why is Trump sending Michele Bachmann to meet Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi?
June 9, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump just contradicted his own secretary of state—again.
June 5, 2017
Jeet Heer
This is what happens when you embolden Saudi Arabia.
May 19, 2017
Daniel Benaim
What We Know About Donald Trump’s Middle East Policy
He faces numerous possible pitfalls in his first official trip to the region—as well as opportunities.
April 7, 2017
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Tony Horwitz
The Spy Who Loved Me
What I learned from my own contacts with Russian intelligence agents.
April 3, 2017
Jasmine Bager
Egypt’s Jon Stewart Is Not Done Laughing
How Bassem Youssef, a heart doctor from Cairo, turned comedy into a serious mission.
March 29, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Some “idiot” hijacked an EgyptAir plane and forced it to land in Cyprus.
October 24, 2014
Eric Trager
Mubarak Nostalgia is the Winning Strategy in Egyptian Politics Right Now
October 20, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Obama's Former Muslim Advisor Assesses Whether He's Lived Up to His Cairo Speech
October 16, 2014
David Pollock
What Do People in the Middle East Think About the Islamic State? These Poll Results Will Surprise You.
July 10, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
A Middle East Expert Explains Assad's Dangerous Charm, ISIS's Plans, and the Future of the Region
An Interview With Robert Ford, the Former Ambasssador to Syria
June 4, 2014
Jerry A. Coyne
Watch A Salafi Woman Turned Atheist Get Booted off Egyptian TV Show
June 2, 2014
Ivan Krastev
Why the World is Filled With Failed Protest Movements
The insurgencies are anti-political at their base
May 20, 2014
Eric Trager
The Muslim Brotherhood Thinks It's Winning Again
The dangerous delusions that will determine Egypt's future
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