Dina Samak

The day after Damietta: Will Egypt be dragged into war?

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The question isn’t whether Egypt keeps an equal distance from every side in the region’s war. It’s which side it stands with, and in which trench it intends to fight.

Dina Samak_ 4-8-2026

The day after Damietta: Will Egypt be dragged into war?

Interview| Iran’s envoy in Cairo: ‘Millions in the streets are stronger than any nuclear bomb’

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Iran’s late Supreme Leader built his doctrine on backing “the resistance” everywhere — his envoy in Cairo explains what that means for Lebanon and the Gulf.

Dina Samak_ 14-7-2026

Interview| Iran’s envoy in Cairo: ‘Millions in the streets are stronger than any nuclear bomb’

Interview| Khaled Ali taking stock of June 30: ‘The regime’s obsession isn’t the Brotherhood, It’s Mubarak’

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Thirteen years after June 30, leftist lawyer Khaled Ali revisits the ‘third current’ that rejected both Brotherhood and military rule, and warns Egypt is nearing a new explosion.

Mostafa Bassiouny_ 7-7-2026

Interview| Khaled Ali taking stock of June 30: ‘The regime’s obsession isn’t the Brotherhood, It’s Mubarak’

Interview| Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour: June 30 won against political Islam, then lost politics

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Thirteen years on, Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, a senior National Salvation Front figure reflects on Morsi’s removal, Rabaa’s bloodshed, and all what happened after

Dina Samak_ 1-7-2026

Interview| Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour: June 30 won against political Islam, then lost politics

Weaving a nuclear Kiswa: Saudi’s bid on Islamabad

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The era of the petrodollar-for-protection trade-off is over. Saudi Arabia turns to Pakistan’s "live" military weight to escape the shadow of the Abraham Accords.

Dina Samak_ 21-4-2026

Weaving a nuclear Kiswa: Saudi’s bid on Islamabad

Interview| Egypt’s ex-UN ambassador: 'You can’t buy your way to stability in the Middle East'

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“Stop the war, then we talk.” Amb. Ahmadein Khalil breaks down Egypt’s logic of silence and why Cairo resists Gulf pressure to enter a direct confrontation with Iran.

Dina Samak_ 19-4-2026

Interview| Egypt’s ex-UN ambassador: 'You can’t buy your way to stability in the Middle East'

Raphael Cohen: The translator who chose to stand on the line of fire

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Cohen's whole life has been a refusal of easy binaries—Jew or Arab, East or West, translator or activist. He carries all those identities within him, refusing to be boxed in one.

Dina Samak_ 6-10-2025

Raphael Cohen: The translator who chose to stand on the line of fire