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In the Pursuit of Personal Space

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May 13, 2025

Experts react: Trump just announced the removal of all US sanctions on Syria. What’s next? 

Our experts provide their insights on how the removal of US sanctions on Syria would affect the country and the wider region.

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In the Pursuit of Personal Space

MENASource
May 12, 2025

Gazans fear famine amid Israel aid block: ‘I don’t want to be a number’

By
Arwa Damon

For Palestinians, time is running out— a warning that has been echoed at some of the highest ranks of international organizations, including the World Health Organization.

Conflict
Human Rights

In the Pursuit of Personal Space

MENASource
May 15, 2025

Feeding the ‘water mafia’: Sanctions relief and Iran’s water crisis

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Nik Kowsar

Trump comments mark the first time a US president acknowledges a “water mafia”: a connected network responsible for ecological catastrophes.

Climate Change & Climate Action
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MENASource

Feb 21, 2014

In the Pursuit of Personal Space

By Mohammad Tolba

Having lived in a densely populated nation for decades, Egyptians seem to have come to terms with congestion and overcrowding. This has led to a lack respect for personal space; that physical space no one should dare enter. In Egypt, bold examples of this exist – from the microbus driver, who insists on cramming four […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 21, 2014

Top News: Vote Marked by Violence Across Libya

By MENASource

Seventy-one polling stations were closed across the country as a result of violence. Several polling stations in the eastern city of Darnah, a stronghold of Islamic militias, came under attack and one man was killed.

MENASource

Feb 21, 2014

Top News: United States Warns Egypt Not to Target Media; Senator Tim Kaine Meets Egyptian Officials

By EgyptSource

A US diplomat pressed Cairo to respect “basic rights and freedoms” Thursday, warning that Egypt’s stability and economic recovery were at stake, as a court opened a trial of Al-Jazeera journalists. Washington, whose ties with historic ally Cairo have cooled in recent months, has previously reprimanded Egyptian authorities for the trial of twenty journalists of the Doha-based […]

MENASource

Feb 21, 2014

Syria: Surefire Alternatives To Failure?

By Frederic C. Hof

In a recent (February 19, 2014) editorial, The New York Times channeled Obama administration thinking on Syria’s war and peace dichotomy. “But, so far, no one has come up with surefire remedies or even new ideas that would not draw the United States into a war … Mr. Obama has resisted being pushed into a […]

Syria

MENASource

Feb 21, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 21, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

To Confront Yemen’s Security Dilemmas, Start With Security Forces

By Adam Simpson

Despite the conclusion of Yemen’s National Dialogue, violence continues to plague the country, most notably with clashes between tribesman and separatists pressing for greater autonomy and government forces that have lost their confidence.

Yemen

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

No Investment Without Labor Reform in Egypt

By MENASource

Egypt’s successive governments have failed to tackle the country’s most pressing economic issues–a stressor that will increasingly threaten the integrity of any new administration and the overall stability of the fragile state.

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

Egypt’s labor dilemma

By Mustansir Barma

“Bread, freedom, and social justice,” is the familiar  slogan chanted across the Middle East and North  Africa since the Arab uprisings erupted in December  2010. Labor issues fit into this trifecta: bread is a symbol of earning a decent living, freedom is tied to  worker rights such as assembly and industrial action,  and social justice […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

Top News: Case Against Twenty Journalists in Egypt Postponed To March 5

By MENASource

Twenty journalists working for the Qatari-based television network Al Jazeera are standing trial Thursday for the case widely known as the Marriott Cell, on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization, working without permission, and other accusations.

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

Top News: “Marriott Cell” Case of Twenty Journalists Postponed to March 5

By EgyptSource

Twenty journalists, among them employees of the Qatari-based television network Al-Jazeera, are standing trial Thursday for the case widely known as the ‘Marriott Cell‘, on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization, working without permission, and other accusations. Police claim that the defendants were in possession of false videos of clashes that took place in Al-Azhar University, showing that […]

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