Egypt on knife-edge between democracy and revolt
Jonathan Rugman on how the army and the Islamists are uneasy but unavoidable bedfellows in Egypt’s future democracy.
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Egypt v Greece: which elections are more important?
‘As is frequently pointed out, the Greeks invented the words “catastrophe” and “crisis”.’
Egypt’s unlikely bedfellows: the Islamists and the military
“In Tahrir Square itself the grass has died, and much youthful optimism with it.”
Egypt Christians insecure after Shenouda’s death
The death of His Most Blessed Beatitude Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Shenouda III comes at a perilous time for Egypt’s Christian minority.
Middle East in flux as Hamas shifts from Iran
The Israel-Palestinian conflict has been simmering as usual while the world has been distracted by last year’s Arab Spring and its repercussions. But the changes in the region affect Israel and
The Old Trouts, living up to Marie Colvin’s legacy
There’s a lot of fuss at the moment about female war correspondents as if we were some kind of recently discovered species. Yet we’ve been around a while. Lyse Doucet of the BBC and I call
Why thuggery cuts both ways in Egypt
If it wasn’t for a hard core of violent youths, many of them football fans, manning the barricades and taking on the police a year ago, would Egypt’s revolution have gone as far as it
Egypt’s best chance of change?
Jonathan Rugman blogs on Egypt’s historic day of change, as people prepare to vote following the downfall of Hosni Mubarak.
Brothers in arms: Palestinian peace deal signed
Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller on the signing of a deal between former rivals Hamas and Fatah to bring in a joint caretaker government for Palestine.
Around the Arab World in four uprisings
Jonathan Rugman has witnessed four uprisings – Tunisisa, Egypt, Libya and Bahrain – in less than four months. And when the dust finally settles, he sees democracy on the horizon in the
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