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Issue 434 July 2012

News and Views

5 The View 7 Comment 8 Compass

Current Affairs 10 A Jordanian Dilemma

16 Cairo Elections 18 Palestine: One-state solution finds increasing favour on the street

22 Syria: the hidden hand 24 Fearing change in Aleppo

26 Muscle flexing over Cyprus causes concerns 28 Iran: A time for change?

30 Egypt: The generals guard their empire 32 Israel’s Kristallnacht

Business 34 Malaysia: Which way forward for Islamic finance?

38 From Qatar with love 40 Mixed fortunes for Libyan oil

42 Egypt sets sail for economic revival

46 Qatar investing in Tunisia’s future

48 WEF in Istanbul: Bridging regions in transformation

Travelog 52 Morocco’s vision

Mosaic 56 Saudi Arabia: Introducing the Kingdom 60 Film: Faouzi Bensaïdi 62 Babylon: Oil vs Antiquities

64 Books 66 Letter from Cairo