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April 7, 2017
MagazineTony 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.
October 24, 2014
Eric Trager
Mubarak Nostalgia is the Winning Strategy in Egyptian Politics Right Now
August 30, 2013
Nathan J. Brown
Egypt's Rulers Are About to Make the Same Mistake Morsi Did
Seeds of Discontent in a New Constitution
August 29, 2013
Laura Dean
The Newest Victims of the Egyptian Crackdown
The generals take on the independent judges
July 16, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Amnesia Breaks Out in Egypt
July 15, 2013
The New Republic Staff
Banksy on the Nile: Graffiti Art from the Egyptian Revolution
December 12, 2012
Sarah A. Topol
Is Egypt's Political Rift Beyond Repair?
December 7, 2012
Joshua Hammer
Understanding Mohamed Morsi
His journey from farm boy to most powerful man in the Middle East.
October 5, 2012
Graeme Wood
How a Salafi Preacher Came for my Soul
May 28, 2012
Eric Trager
Reports of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Demise Were Greatly Exaggerated
May 3, 2012
Eric Trager
The American Media Gets an Egyptian Presidential Candidate All Wrong
April 27, 2012
Eric Trager
Meet the Islamist Political Fixer Who Could Be Egypt’s Next President
March 29, 2012
Eric Trager
Is the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Nominating a Presidential Candidate?
March 29, 2012
The Editors
Business as Usual
March 14, 2012
Paul Berman
The Thought Police
February 18, 2012
Eric Trager
Is Egypt’s Government Malicious or Incompetent?
February 5, 2012
Martin Peretz
A Soccer Riot in Egypt and the Ongoing Human Catastrophe in Syria
January 25, 2012
Eric Trager
Happy Birthday to Egypt’s Doomed Revolution
January 11, 2012
Stephen Holmes, Ivan Krastev
The Weakest Strongman

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