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Items by Dr Mhammed Malki
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2023 will be known as the year of genocide against the Palestinians
The Israeli war against the Palestinians in Gaza is approaching the three-month mark, during which time Israel has killed more than 22,000 people, most of them children, women and the elderly. It has also injured and wounded tens of thousands, and destroyed civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, public institutions and...
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Algeria’s Arab League summit: what is possible and what is desired?
The next Arab League Summit is due to be held in Algeria at the beginning of November. Arab foreign ministers agreed on the date at their last meeting in Cairo following the postponement of the summit in March. There has also been talk of another postponement for reasons related...
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Lebanon’s election with a taste of crisis
Lebanon held a parliamentary election on Sunday, with candidates seeking to win one of the 128 seats in the House of Representatives, the national legislative authority. According to Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi, the turnout for the poll was 41 per cent; the participation of Lebanese expats was limited. Nevertheless, the...
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Where are the Maghreb countries headed?
The current picture in the Maghreb is grey, turbulent and open to all sorts of readings and expectations. Matters fluctuate between an insistence on maintaining the status quo and continuing to talk about political and institutional reforms without anyone seeing any resultant changes in general conditions. There is some regression...
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Tunisia is facing a constitutional crisis with political depth
Tunisians and observers of their democratic experience are asking where the country is heading. Is there, they wonder, an implementable solution to the crisis involving the three major institutional heads: the head of state, the head of the government, and the parliamentary speaker? The roles and responsibilities of the positions...
