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Dec 18, 2013

EIPR Issues Statement on Egypt’s 2013 New Draft Constitution

By EgyptSource

On Wednesday, human rights organization, the Egyptian Initiative to Protect Rights (EIPR), issued a statement on the new draft constitution recently approved by interim president, Adly Mansour. As Egyptians prepare to take to the polls on January 14 and 15, to vote in a referendum on the constitution, EIPR’s statement, while describing the new constitution […]

North Africa Political Reform

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Dec 18, 2013

Responses to Ambassador LeBaron’s Assessment of US-Gulf Relations

By MENASource

Recent tensions between the United States and the Arab Gulf states emerged in recent months over the US role in the region. Saudi Arabia in particular has made its displeasure known in its refusal of a seat on the UN Security Council over US policy in Syria. This widespread sentiment in the Gulf points to […]

Saudi Arabia The Gulf

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Dec 18, 2013

Top News: Egypt sends Morsi, Others, to Trial for International Conspiracy

By EgyptSource

Toppled Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi will stand trial over allegations he collaborated with Hamas, Hezbollah and other organizations to commit terrorist acts in Egypt, judicial sources have told Ahram Online.

MENASource

Dec 18, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 18, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Dec 18, 2013

Syria: Stopping the Carnage

By Frederic C. Hof

The greatest humanitarian catastrophe of the twenty-first century has unfolded before our eyes in Syria and in the countries surrounding it. As a harsh winter tightens its grip, Syrians in large numbers are dying, starving, fleeing, freezing, and crying out to the world for help.

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Dec 17, 2013

The Ongoing Struggle for Egyptian Civil Society

By Amy Hawthorne and Mohamed Elgohari

While most attention is on Egypt’s constitution and the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and revolutionary youth activists, the government may be moving ahead with a new NGO law.  Last Thursday, Minister of Social Solidarity Ahmed al-Borai announced that he intends to submit the law, prepared with civil society input, to the cabinet in two […]

North Africa

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Dec 17, 2013

The Regional Inequality Behind Tunisia’s Revolution

By Robert Joyce

Three years ago, a humble vendor Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire outside a local government building in the interior town of Sidi Bouzid, and Tunisia will commemorate the event with demonstrations in downtown Tunis and Sidi Bouzid. Bouazizi’s story has become the stuff of revolutionary lore.

North Africa

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Dec 17, 2013

Top News: National Alliance to Support Legitimacy Boycotts Referendum

By EgyptSource

The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) said on Monday that it is boycotting the referendum which is set to take place next month.

MENASource

Dec 17, 2013

Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen: Three Years in Transition

By MENASource

Since its founding, the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East has closely followed the Arab transitioning countries as they faced their respective social, political, and economic challenges. In an effort to help map the twists and turns, the Center has produced a timeline for Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen as each had to navigate momentous and […]

Libya North Africa

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Dec 17, 2013

MENASource Discussions: On Building a Better US-Gulf Relationship [VIDEO]

By MENASource

Ambassador Richard LeBaron, senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, argues in a new issue brief, Building a Better US-Gulf Partnership, for a genuine US-Gulf dialogue to better coordinate policies towards the Arab transition countries and rejuvenate the relationship with conversations about new types of partnerships not based solely on defense and security interests.