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Cairo Court to Consider Facebook, Twitter Ban in Egypt

A Cairo administrative court announced on Thursday that it will hear a lawsuit calling for a ban in Egypt on Facebook and Twitter. The first session in the trial will take place on November 18. The lawsuit, filed by lawyer Mohamed Hamed Salem, calls for the social networking sites to be blocked until they obtain […]

Kobani, Kurds, Turks, and Airstrikes: A Fine Kettle Of Fish

By Frederic C. Hof

Although the expression “a fine kettle of fish” has been around for hundreds of years to characterize a confused, awkward, messy, and even intractable situation, it was revived in the first half of the 20th century by comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

Egypt between Two Billboards

By Mina Fayek

As President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi headed to New York at the end of September to attend the United Nations 69th General Assembly, an advertising campaign was simultaneously launched in the city. Large billboards popped up across New York promoting ‘The New Egypt,’ featuring the tagline, ‘Peace, Prosperity and Growth.’ The source of funding for the […]

Top News: Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis Leader Possibly Killed in Sinai Operation

By EgyptSource

The second field battalion of the Egyptian Army launched a number of coordinated operations Wednesday morning against Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) terrorists near Sheikh Zuweid in the North Sinai governorate. 

Top News: Houthis Reject Appointment of New Prime Minister

By MENASource

President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi attempted to appoint his chief of staff and former Secretary General of the National Dialogue Conference Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak to the position of prime minister. However, Houthis summarily rejected the move, claiming that the US embassy in Sana’a played a role in the appointment that Mubarak was not a neutral appointment.

EconSource: Urgent Call for Youth Employment in Morocco

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transitions. 

Egypt’s Boycott of the Turks

Egyptian authorities have never really cared for their Turkish counterparts, particularly given the close relationship between them and the Muslim Brotherhood under ousted-president Mohamed Morsi. Tensions spiked after the military takeover of Egypt’s political arena on July 3, 2013.

Talk of an Egyptian Boycott of Turkish Goods Won’t Do Anyone Any Good

By Dominic Dudley

Over the past few weeks Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has taken almost every possible opportunity to publically criticize the July 2013 coup that brought President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to power in Egypt in place of Ankara’s hapless ally, Mohamed Morsi.