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On Egypt and the Rhetoric of Freedom

May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Egypt, Middle East

By Nir Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | August 13, 2003 Reforms are a complicated business. Last year, Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, in his capacity as the chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP) announced his plan for reform in party and country. “It is a time to move forward,” he said. He moved to appoint his own [...]

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A ‘new’ and ‘open’ Egypt?

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Egypt, Middle East

  By Nir Boms Published December 28, 2005 The Middle East appears to be changing. Its dictators are no longer immune from international justice. Their palaces are exposed to international pressure and their reign to increasing scrutiny by the people who already showed us that they can march in the streets of Lebanon, Egypt and [...]

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