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    "Sites of Home" (June 2014) · Academic Journal · Academic Journal: June 2014 (Issue: Vol. 2, Number 1) · Civil Discourse · Culture · Global Perspectives

    False Ideas About ‘Activism’ in Egypt and the Case of Egypt’s Copts: Outside the State and Within the Economy of Power

    Author: Karim Malak

    ‘Activism’[1] and the ‘human rights agenda’ as espoused by international and local organizations have created several norms about ‘advocacy’ and the ‘universality’ of ‘religious freedom’ in Egypt. Yet these concepts[...]

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    Civil Discourse · Featured · Global Perspectives · Magazine

    The Wall (Egypt 2014)

    Author: Abu Bakr Shawky

    There is an old saying in Egypt: “Keep walking next to the wall.” If you want to stay away from problems, walk next to the wall. If you don’t want to[...]

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    Arts · Culture · Global Perspectives · Magazine

    Egypt: Everyone is Right, But Everyone is Wrong

    Author: Abu Bakr Shawky

    “Civil War doesn’t start when countrymen raise their weapons against each other. It starts when they lose their humanity,” commented Egypt’s notorious political satirist Bassem Youssef, following the military dispersal[...]

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