Most recent articles by Amira Mohsen Galal
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The Arab Spring and the MediaDistorted Images
Why have Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya and most western media neglected to report on the uprisings in Bahrain? Is it true that in Syria, Alawites are fighting against Sunni Muslims? And who were the real victims of the Houla massacre? Amira Mohsen Galal takes a look at some of the most striking flaws in reporting on the Arab Spring, two years after the uprisings began
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The Arab Spring and the Failure of Egyptian SecularismOpportunity Missed
Although the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt were secular, it was Islamists in both countries that swept the board in recent parliamentary elections. What went wrong for the Arab liberal secularists? How could they reconnect with the masses?