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About nervana111

Doctor, blogger and Commentator on Middle East issues. The only practising doctor who write in Middle Eastern politics in UK.

No Shock and Awe: Israel should consider the Arab response to a military strike on Iran

Posted on March 18, 2012 by nervana111

Originally published in +972blog On 7June 1981, Israel attacked and destroyed Iraq’s nuclear reactor at Osirak. That was the day the Arabs lost their nuclear ambition. The code name was, Operation Opera, but the opera wasn’t Nabucco and its chorus of Hebrew … Continue reading →

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Egypt, NGO and the Green Passport

Posted on March 4, 2012 by nervana111

(Fourteen Egyptian activists who worked in Egypt with civil society groups stand inside a cage during their trial in Cairo on Feb. 26, 2012. AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki) It must be a relief for all the foreign aid workers involved in … Continue reading →

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What’s next for Egypt,Israel and the elusive peace treaty?

Posted on February 26, 2012 by nervana111

Originally published in +972 Blog The Camp David Accords, the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty brokered by President Jimmy Carter, survived 30  years under ousted president Hosni Mubarak. But the treaty was never popular amongst the people. Will it survive in the … Continue reading →

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From Maspero to Port Said.The Endless Cycle of Violence.

Posted on February 11, 2012 by nervana111

(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) Clashes, death, anger and tear gas. This is the endless cycle of violence that engulfs Egypt these days. The rotten regime of Mubarak has eroded the entire foundation of Egyptian society and left a country with weak … Continue reading →

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Samak Laban Tamerind à la Tahrir

Posted on January 22, 2012 by nervana111

Cairo, January 2012- I did not quite know what to expect, I left the dreams, the plans, the assumptions behind me and I just headed to the most famous square in the Middle East, where the blossom of freedom had … Continue reading →

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Egypt Revisited

Posted on January 19, 2012 by nervana111

I wrote this piece as guest post for Dr. Robert Danin blog “Middle East Matters.” http://blogs.cfr.org/danin/ Robert Danin is Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies in the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) The Egypt I knew and grew … Continue reading →

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The Power of Listening

Posted on January 1, 2012 by nervana111

‘If they won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they won’t listen even if someone rises from the dead.’  Luke 16:31 With hindsight, perhaps these “dark” days were the most influential and indeed beneficial days of my life. The temporarily … Continue reading →

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Let’s Celebrate February 11th

Posted on December 20, 2011 by nervana111

Revolution versus Conter-revolution/ Vertical struggle versus horizontal struggle/  SCAF press conference versus Anti-SCAF press conference   Solution any one? Egypt is in a lock down. In the current charged, volatile, and even convulsive mood, it is easy to be consumed by … Continue reading →

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Few Thoughts on #OccupyCabinet

Posted on December 17, 2011 by nervana111

” Egypt is not struggling with its past, present and future. Egypt in not   struggling with its identity. Egypt is even struggling with the basic definition of what is right and what is wrong” The dramatic events of the last … Continue reading →

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Rules of Engagement: Egypt’s Military, Police need Change, Reform

Posted on December 1, 2011 by nervana111

Iniatlly published in bikyamasr bit.ly/w0VJzO Rules of Engagement (2000) a military courtroom drama that featured Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L Jackson; it was not particularly a groundbreaking movie. Nonetheless, the director William Freidken explored uncharted water, namely, the role … Continue reading →

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