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Nervana Mahmoud

Nervana Mahmoud is a blogger and writer on Middle East issues. On Twitter: @Nervana_1

Protesters chant slogans in Al-Azhar mosque during a pro-free Syria and pro-Palestine demonstration after Friday noon prayer at the mosque in Cairo May 10, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: RELIGION CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZHL2

Egypt Debates US Strike on Syria

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Nervana Mahmoud

Protesters, who are against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, react in Tahrir Square in Cairo July 3, 2013. The head of Egypt's armed forces General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a declaration on Wednesday suspending the constitution and appointing the head of the constitutional court as interim head of state, effectively declared the removal of elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX11BNS

Women at Forefront Of Egypt’s Revolutionary Wave

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Nervana Mahmoud

A boy balances a poster of Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi on his bicycle during a pro-Islamist demonstration in Istanbul July 1, 2013. Pro-Islamist groups held a demonstration in Istanbul in support of Mursi on Tuesday. Egypt's armed forces handed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi a virtual ultimatum to share power on Monday, giving feuding politicians 48 hours to compromise or have the army impose its own road map for the country. The slogan on the poster reads, " We will not let you victimise him". REUTER

Turkey Has Role to Play in Egypt

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Nervana Mahmoud

Egyptians carry the coffin of a Shi'ite victim, who was killed in sectarian violence, after funeral prayers in El Sayeda Nafisa Mosque in Cairo, June 24, 2013. Egypt's president, accused of fuelling sectarian hatred, promised swift justice on Monday for a deadly attack on minority Shi'ites as he tried to quell broader factional fighting to avoid a threatened military intervention. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) - RTX10ZDY

Morsi Condemnation Of Lynchings Not Enough

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Nervana Mahmoud

Soldiers who were kidnapped last week sit before a news conference by President Mohamed Mursi after their release, in Cairo, May 22, 2013. Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and Mursi announced a new crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZWM1

Egypt Needs Security Strategy For Sinai

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Nervana Mahmoud

Rise of Radical Jihadists Setback for Syria

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Nervana Mahmoud

Policemen stand guard near a poster outside the constitutional court put up by supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi as they stage a sit-in, in Cairo December 23, 2012. Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will have little time to savour victory in pushing through a new constitution as it may have cost the Islamist leader broader support for urgent austerity measures needed to fix the creaking economy. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (EGYPT) - RTR3BUY2

Egypt’s New Cabinet: More of the Same

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Nervana Mahmoud

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi (C) sits next to the head of the Egyptian military General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (3rd L) and top military and police chiefs during their meeting in Cairo February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Egyptian Presidency/Handout (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

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The Military Cannot Save Egypt

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Nervana Mahmoud

A protester opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi gestures with a national flag at riot police during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge leading to Tahrir Square in Cairo January 28, 2013. A man was shot dead on Monday in a fifth day of violence in Egypt that has killed 50 people and prompted the Islamist president to declare a state of emergency in an attempt to end a wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world's biggest nation. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE

Will Egypt Reach a Consensus?

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Nervana Mahmoud

Traders work at the Egyptian stock exchange in Cairo January 3, 2013. Egypt's stock market held up well this week despite a weak currency, as foreign investors continued to buy shares - a sign that a devaluation of Egypt's pound, which looks increasingly likely, might not be a disaster for financial markets. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: BUSINESS)

Morsi Manages Egypt’s Economic Decline

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Nervana Mahmoud