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Egyptian Aak: Week 4
The picture by Al-Masry Al-Youm truly reflect Egypt’s surreal reality. Twitter via @tomgara Main Headlines: Monday Morsi opposes French intervention in Mali Armed Forces reject Qatari or...
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Egyptian Aak: Week 10
(Egyptian riot police, Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany) Main Headlines Monday Thousands attend funeral in Port Said, and chant against the Brotherhood. Judge ruling in Mubarak’s retrial to step down....
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Egypt Debates US Strike on Syria
I wrote this piece for Al-Monitor As the debate rages in the United States and other Western nations about a possible strike against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a parallel debate is...
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Egyptian Aak. Week 43
Main Headlines Monday The attack on Warraq church: From wedding to funeral Egyptian Christians fear chaos after wedding bloodshed Egypt supports Saudi Arabia’s rejectionof UNSC seat Military...
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Egyptian Aak 2014. Week 4 (Jan 20-26)
Main Headlines Monday EU approves ‘largely orderly’ vote on constitution – April 6 vows to escalate protests if activists are not freed Foreign Ministry says communication over frozen membership of...
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An Anatomy of Sisi’s Liberals
( Photo via AFP) Initially published in Fikra Forum Many self-proclaimed liberals in Egypt supported the military’s intervention in July 2013 that led to President Muhammad Morsi’s ouster. Their...
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Egyptian Aak 2014 – Week 51 ( Dec 15 – 21)
The Sun. Equinox. Winter solstice. Karnak. Luxor. Via Cecilia Udden Main Headlines Monday Egyptian presidency approves US-Egypt agreements US-Egypt cooperation agreements El-Sisi issues a decree to...
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Women with or without headscarves should be accepted and respected in Egypt
Initially published in Egypt’s Ahram A call by Egyptian journalist Cherif Choubachy for veiled Muslim women to take off their headscarves (hijab) has stirred widespread controversy in Egypt. Choubachy...
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Egyptian Aak 2016 – Week 2 ( Jan 11- 17)
Top Headlines Egypt extends state of emergency in North Sinai until April. Tuesday Egypt’s Cabinet has approved a draft law criminalizing the use of “terrorist” symbols. Wednesday Egypt extends...
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Tunisia: On the Road to Nowhere
This post originally appeared at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR): Steven Cook’s From the Potomac to the Euphrates blog. Steven Cook is a Middle East’s expert and a senior fellow at CFR. He just...
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