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Nov 13, 2013

The Egyptian Dilemma: Between the Crushed Winners or the Felool

By Nader Bakkar

Egypt’s interim government may have more in common with its immeditate predecessor than it would like to admit. The current government is using the Muslim Brotherhood as an excuse for its shortcomings, in much the same way that ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s regime used the National Salvation Front (NSF) to absolve it of its failures. […]

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Nov 12, 2013

Top News: Libyan Autonomy Group Forms Oil Firm, Challenges Government

By MENASource

In a blow to efforts by the Libyan government to reopen oil ports and fields, an autonomy movement in the east announced on Sunday that it had formed a regional oil firm to start selling crude.

MENASource

Nov 12, 2013

Top News: Court Ends State of Emergency; Presidential Source Says Protest Law to be Issued Shortly

By EgyptSource

The administrative court ruled today to end the state of emergency in Egypt by force of law. Meanwhile, a presidential source says that the protest law is set to be ratified before the state of emergency is lifted. 

MENASource

Nov 12, 2013

Libya: Insecurity Breeds Illegitimacy

By Anna Lund

In recent weeks Libya has reclaimed space in the international media spotlight for concerning reasons. Thursday evening warring militias brought gun battles and anti-aircraft fire to the streets of Tripoli.

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Nov 11, 2013

The Week in Egypt – November 11, 2013

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

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Nov 8, 2013

Top News: Egypt to Hold Parliamentary Vote in February/March: Foreign Minister

By EgyptSource

Egypt said on Friday it would hold parliamentary elections in February or March, with presidential polls in early summer, and that the political arm of ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s banned Muslim Brotherhood could participate. Fahmy told Reuters in an interview that the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party “is still legal in Egypt” and free to participate in […]

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Nov 8, 2013

Top News: Heavy Fighting Rocks Libyan Capital as Rival Militias Battle

By MENASource

Rival militiamen battled each other for several hours with anti-aircraft guns and grenades throughout the capital on Thursday, following reports that the commander of the Misrata Nosoor Battalion, Nuri Friwan, had passed away from injuries from an earlier incident at a Tripoli checkpoint. Two people were killed and several others wounded in the worst violence […]

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Nov 8, 2013

EconSource Headlines- November 8, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Nov 8, 2013

EconSource Headlines- November 7, 2013

By EconSource

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

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Nov 8, 2013

Amr Hamzawy on Egypt’s Turn for the Worse

By MENASource

Amr Hamzawy, prominent Egyptian academic, founder of the Freedom Egypt Party, and former parliamentarian in 2012, wrote a particularly poignant article describing his experience at the funeral at St. Mark’s church in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis and reflecting on the sad and dangerous turn in the course of Egypt’s political and social development.

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