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Egypt’s Presidential Elections

Egypt’s Presidential Elections

  1/28/2005 By Nir Boms and Aaron Mannes With international attention focused on the Palestinian and Iraqi elections, the October presidential referendum in Egypt will be little more than a re-inauguration for President Hosni Mubarak, who seeks to regain the presidency for the fifth time and to pave the way...

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May 6, 2008
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Reforms, Freedom in Egypt

Reforms, Freedom in Egypt

By Nir Boms and Michael Meunier Published November 4, 2004 Egypt has gone through 26 years of single-party rule, during which unemployment has risen to 25 percent. Regime opponents have been jailed, and many promises of political reform have been consistently ignored. Nearly everyone -- the United States, Egyptian opposition,...

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May 6, 2008
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On Egypt and the Rhetoric of Freedom

On Egypt and the Rhetoric of Freedom

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...

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May 6, 2008
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Egypt’s Empty Promise

Egypt’s Empty Promise

By NIR BOMS EGYPT, the world's largest Arab country, is now having its second round of elections this year. Sadly, that news isn't as good as it looks. Just last month, President Hosni Mubarak Egypt's leader for 24 years, won re-election - on a far-from-level playing field. Parliamentary elections are...

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May 6, 2008
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Egypt’s Choice

Egypt’s Choice

Article published Aug 27, 2007 By Nir Boms and Michael Meunier   The freedom to believe may be considered a sacred right in some parts of the world - but not in others. Which is why Mohammed Hegazy, 24, and his wife made history in the Arab world when they...

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May 6, 2008
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Democracy, Egyptian-style

Democracy, Egyptian-style

BENJAMIN BALINT and NIR BOMS THE JERUSALEM POST      Mar. 4, 2007 Cairo-- Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Egypt's leading democracy activist, hangs two photographs in his modest office at the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies in Cairo. One shows him with US Vice President Dick Cheney at the White House; the...

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May 6, 2008
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About Arabs, Numbers and Democracy: How do Arabs Really Feel About U.S. Policy in the Middle East?

About Arabs, Numbers and Democracy: How do Arabs Really Feel About U.S. Policy in the Middle East?

By Michael Meunier and Nir Boms In the Arab world, where divergent opinions are almost as rare as changes in leadership, and where free speech is a luxury enjoyed only by a precious few, public opinion polls tend to have interesting results. For example, the Arab-American Institute, a Washington-based think...

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May 5, 2008
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Egyptian politics

Egyptian politics

  By Nir Boms and Benjamin Balint Published March 2, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAIRO . -- Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Egypt's leading democracy activist, hangs two photographs in his modest office at the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies in Cairo. One shows him with Vice President Dick Cheney at the White...

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May 4, 2008
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A ‘new’ and ‘open’ Egypt?

A ‘new’ and ‘open’ Egypt?

  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...

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May 4, 2008
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An Unfulfilled Egyptian Promise

An Unfulfilled Egyptian Promise

    Nir Boms and Michael Meunier Barely a month following President Hosni Mubarak predictable re-election, Egypt is gearing itself to a full campaign mode again, as candidates already register for the November legislative polls. The September 7th elections in Egypt, the first ever "open" election have come and gone in...

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April 29, 2008
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