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Moustafa Bayoumi

Moustafa Bayoumi

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Not changing course on Gaza was a colossal mistake by Kamala Harris

Could Kamala Harris have won the election if she had promised to change course in Gaza? It’s impossible to know, of course, but there’s reason to...

11.11.2024 8

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Why did Trump win, and what comes next? Our panel reacts

So, it will be Trump, after all. The very idea of another Trump presidency is devastating. His entire campaign consisted of unbridled race-baiting,...

06.11.2024 40

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This is madness. How long will the destruction of Lebanon continue?

In 1917, Lt Gen Stanley Maude marched with the British army into Baghdad – then part of the Ottoman empire – with a proclamation. “Our armies do...

11.10.2024 50

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Vance or Walz: who won the VP debate? Our panel responds

The first question the vice-presidential candidates were asked in their debate was, frankly speaking, bonkers: “Would you support or oppose a...

02.10.2024 50

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With their lies about Haitian immigrants, Trump and Vance have reached a new low

During his debate with Kamala Harris on 10 September, Donald Trump proffered the outrageous lie that immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were stealing...

19.09.2024 20

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Who won Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s first debate? Our panel reacts

For the entirety of this debate, Donald Trump never once uttered Kamala Harris’s name, a sign of enormous disrespect. What he did do was try to...

11.09.2024 10

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Gaza just had its first polio victim in 25 years. This war cannot continue

Abdul Rahman Abu Al-Jidyan was born in Gaza in September 2023. Like 90% of Gaza’s population, the little boy and his family have been displaced...

04.09.2024 10

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Donald Trump sure makes a lot of ‘jokes’ about ruling as a dictator, doesn’t he?

Last Friday, Donald Trump told an audience of Christian conservatives to “get out and vote, just this time. You won’t have to do it any more. Four...

31.07.2024 50

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Trump v Biden in the first 2024 presidential debate: our panelists’ verdict

What a catastrophe. From the moment the debate started, Joe Biden was meandering, confused and charmless. It never improved. Donald Trump, however,...

28.06.2024 100

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Guardian Opinion cartoon Nicola Jennings on Angela Rayner walking all over Rishi Sunak – cartoon

29.05.2024 10

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Why is Nikki Haley scrawling genocidal messages on Israeli bombs?

This past Sunday night, an Israeli assault struck displaced Palestinians sheltering in tents outside of Rafah, in northern Gaza. The barrage killed at...

29.05.2024 100

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It’s not enough to stop an Israeli invasion of Rafah. We need a ceasefire now

Is an Israeli invasion of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah about to commence? Perhaps. On Monday, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister,...

12.04.2024 30

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As Biden ignores death in Gaza, the ‘Dark Brandon’ meme is unfunny and too real

Not long after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers for this year’s Super Bowl title, President Biden sent out a bizarre post on...

17.02.2024 10

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Republican congressmen are now talking about throwing migrants from helicopters

Three years ago, the Intercept published an illuminating article about the rise of the “Hoppean snake” among far-right extremists, a meme which...

05.02.2024 90

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Millions of Palestinians rely on UNRWA. Why is the US suspending funding based on Israeli accusations?

On Friday, the United States suspended funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main lifeline for millions of Palestinian...

31.01.2024 70

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The US election looms. Arab Americans feel stuck between a rock and a hard place

We have a chaotic and unpredictable election year ahead. That would normally elicit anxiety, but mostly I’m feeling hopeless. The election is less...

09.01.2024 40

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Guardian Opinion cartoon Martin Rowson on the crisis facing NHS dentistry – cartoon

21.12.2023 50

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Biden officials decry Trump’s anti-migrant xenophobia – yet quietly copy his stance

At a campaign rally in New Hampshire last Saturday, the former president Donald Trump repeated a claim he made back in September: immigrants coming to...

19.12.2023 10

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The Guardian view on stalemate in Ukraine: a more realistic approach is no bad thing

A year ago, Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Washington as not merely the respected leader of a courageous nation, but as a global star. His address to...

12.12.2023 20

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The Harvard and UPenn presidents walked into a trap in Congress

Last week in Congress, Representative Elise Stefanik proved how well she can throw a dead cat. Let me explain. During an hours-long hearing on 5...

11.12.2023 40

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