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MENASource

Mar 21, 2014

Top News: United States Cancels Summit with Divided Group of Gulf Nations

By MENASource

The White House canceled plans for a summit this month between President Barack Obama and Persian Gulf monarchs in Riyadh because of splits between Washington’s closest allies in the region.

MENASource

Mar 21, 2014

Gulf Youth Test Their Limits

By MENASource

The wave of uprisings that took place across the Arab world in 2011 never took hold in the Arabian penninsula, but the political awakening sparked youth movements in the Gulf to demand change from their respective governments through novel and creative means.

Saudi Arabia The Gulf

MENASource

Mar 21, 2014

Top News: Seventeen Al-Azhar Students Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Jail

By EgyptSource

A Cairo court has sentenced seventeen Al-Azhar University students to fourteen years in jail on charges of storming the university headquarters, judicial sources said on Thursday.

MENASource

Mar 21, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 21, 2014

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

MENASource

Mar 20, 2014

The Road to Presidential Elections

By EgyptSource

With Egypt’s second presidential elections in two years expected to take place within as many months, the electoral law, possible candidates, and the final results, have been mired in controversy. Keeping tabs on the process, EgyptSource will be providing periodic updates on the latest news coming out of the Egyptian elections process. 

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Mar 20, 2014

Crime and Impunity in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Save for the efforts of humanitarian agencies operating inside Syria and along its borders, the international community has done little but bear witness to the plight of those caught in the maelstrom. Syrians feel abandoned and hopeless.

Syria

MENASource

Mar 20, 2014

Top News: Saudi Arabia accepts majority of UPR recommendations

By MENASource

In its response to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council, Saudi Arabia fully-accepted 145 recommendations out of 225 and partially accepted thirty-six others.

MENASource

Mar 20, 2014

Top News: Political Parties Call on Mansour to Allow Appeals in Presidential Elections

By EgyptSource

Five Egyptian political parties have sent interim President Adly Mansour a letter asking him to amend a controversial law which elevates the results of the country’s upcoming presidential elections above judicial appeal.

MENASource

Mar 20, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 20, 2014

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

MENASource

Mar 19, 2014

This is Egypt: New Voices, Untold Stories [Video]

By Daniel Stoker

Since January 25 2011, the Egyptian political scene has been dominated by a war of narratives each defining Egypt on its own terms and each claiming to represent the people. Chants of “bread, freedom, and social justice,” heard during the early days of revolutionary fervor were later replaced by “the army and the people are […]

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