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Egypt Stresses Need For Binding Deal On Renaissance Dam

During a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reiterated the need to reach a binding legal agreement on the operation and filling of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam in a manner that takes into account the interests of all parties. Egypt describes the dam …

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Afghans Deserve Better Than Misery And Injustice – OpEd

Following the withdrawal of the US and NATO from Afghanistan, and the chaos left behind because of the Biden administration’s shockingly bad planning, the Islamist militants who ruled from 1996 until 2001 have returned to power. Before we ask what the future may hold for the people of the new …

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The Movement To ‘De-Westernize And De-Colonize Knowledge’ In Universities – OpEd

A brief Facebook exchange with a proponent and activist of a new theoretical fad to “totally re-Islamize” knowledge. I had a very interesting and engaging Facebook conversation with an academic person, Syed Farid AlAtas, in Malaysia, perhaps a university teacher of Social Studies he was, on his belief that we …

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