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...This verdict can bring citizens to have some trust in the judiciary and it can have a positive outcome for the regime because people don't trust it in general." - Osama Ghazali Harb, an editor and researcher at the Egypt-based Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, on the public's reaction to Moustafa's sentencing (New York Times...
Piety alone is not the explanation for the change in dress. "The veil is the mask of Egyptian woman in a power struggle against the dictatorship of men," says Nabil Abdel Fattah of Cairo's al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies and author of The Politics of Religion. "The veil gives women more power in a man's world." Ziada, the human-rights activist, says the hijab--her headscarves are in pinks, pastels, floral prints and plaids, not drab black--provides protective cover and legitimacy for her campaigns...
...fear of a regionwide Shi'ite ascendancy serves as a useful fund-raising tool as well as recruiting propaganda. Radical Sunni preachers and TV talk-show hosts across the Arab world are inflaming sentiments by accusing Iraq's "Persians" of ethnic cleansing. In January, an editorial in al-Ahram, a newspaper widely seen as the voice of the Egyptian state, declared, "Iran is working actively toward spreading the Shi'ite doctrine even in countries that do not have a Shi'ite minority." Iran, in turn, has accused Sunnis of issuing fatwas authorizing the killing of Shi'ites...
...other moderate Arab states, who live in daily fear of the brand of radical Islamic fundamentalism that Iran is sworn to export, were appalled that Washington would consider giving so much as a bow and arrow to Tehran. Last week, in an interview with the semiofficial Cairo daily Al Ahram, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak predicted that the arms deal will lead to "grave consequences" in the Middle East...
...White House. Russia is even starting an Arabic-language TV channel in the Middle East to spread its influence. With a little luck, the potential exists for Moscow to play a pivotal role in certain Middle Eastern issues, according to Gamal Abdul-Gawad Soltan of Cairo's Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. Russia, says Soltan, can pursue "a policy of blocking a consensus among major powers, which Middle East leaders can manipulate to avoid isolation" by Washington. But Moscow is calibrating its steps carefully - and Washington recognizes the restraint. The most neuralgic Middle East problem is Iran...