Egypt’s real success lay in owning the stage. Hosting the summit reaffirmed Cairo’s role as the regional mediator of last resort — a position it has fought to retain amid the growing assertiveness of Gulf diplomacy (especially from Saudi Arabia and the UAE) and new power brokers like Qatar and Turkey. By convening rivals — […]

1. Egypt as the indispensable host

I am Yasmin Abdel-Hak, I was born and raised in Denmark in a multicultural family. My family is from around the world, all the way from Copenhagen, Denmark to Cairo, Egypt through Texas and Florida, USA. In other words, I am a so-called third culture child.
I am a human rights lawyer, specialized in human rights violations in the Middle East, and I also hold a Master of Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, specializing in Saudi Arabia.

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I am Yasmin Abdel-Hak, I was born and raised in Denmark in a multicultural family. My family is from around the world, all the way from Copenhagen, Denmark to Cairo, Egypt through Texas and Florida, USA. In other words, I am a so-called third culture child. I am a human rights lawyer, specialized in human rights violations in the Middle East, and I also hold a Master of Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, specializing in Saudi Arabia.

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