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Nov 7, 2013

Top News: Tunisian Youth Shut Out of Politics

By MENASource

Tunisian youths have voiced dissatisfaction at the lack of opportunity to contribute to the political dialogue. Naima Charmiti, a thirty-two year old who runs the arabesque.tn news website stated that “the revolution of the youths has been confiscated by the old who were hiding at home or abroad during the popular uprising.”

MENASource

Nov 7, 2013

Top News: Brotherhood Vows to Endure Despite Ban as Morsi’s Wife Pays Him a Visit

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has said its Islamic principles will ensure it survives despite a “politicized” decision to ban the decades-old group. The statement on Wednesday came hours after an appeal court in Cairo upheld a decision to ban the group and any group derived from it, and for its assets to be seized. “The coup […]

MENASource

Nov 7, 2013

EgyptSource Review of “The Square”

By MENASource

Director Jehane Noujaim’s The Square, a feature documentary that chonicles five revolutionaries through the January 25, 2011 uprising in Egypt and its dramitic political aftermath up to the June 30 protests against then-president Mohammed Morsi, captures a uniquely Egyptian and human perspective on the struggle for freedom and identity.

MENASource

Nov 6, 2013

The People of The Square

By Amir Beshay

From its opening scene of masses chanting “The people want the downfall of the regime” in Tahrir in January 2011, you can tell that The Square will not be an easy movie to watch. From the widely-publicized birds-eye view of Tahrir, director Jehane Noujaim’s The Square zooms in on the lives of five very different […]

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 6, 2013

Top News: United States and Russia Fail to Set Date for Syria Peace Talks

By MENASource

The United States and Russia failed on Tuesday to agree on a date for a Syrian peace conference, remaining divided over what role Iran might play in talks to end the civil war and over who would represent Syria’s opposition.

MENASource

Nov 6, 2013

Top News: Cabinet Preparing Bill on Abusive Graffiti; Protest Law up for Review

By EgyptSource

Local Development Minister Adel Labib has announced his ministry is preparing a draft law which would ban “abusive” graffiti on buildings in Egypt. Defendants found guilty of breaking this law could end up with four years in prison or EGP 100,000 fines, Labib explained. Labib added that committees have been formed in neighborhoods and cities […]

MENASource

Nov 6, 2013

Syria: The Ground Truth and Geneva

By Frederic C. Hof

At a recent conference, Dr. Steve Heydemann called attention to an important statement by Secretary of State John Kerry that clearly outlines how he sees the relationship between the combat situation on the ground in Syria and the likelihood that a Geneva 2 conference would implement the political transition provisions of the Geneva 1 Final […]

Syria

MENASource

Nov 5, 2013

Michele Dunne on Egypt’s Transitional Roadmap

By MENASource

Michele Dunne, director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, wrote an article that asks the United States government to reassess its priorities with regard to Egypt. US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit hailed the Egyptian military-backed roadmap as a means to achieve a more stable democratic path, but in his […]

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 5, 2013

Top News: US State Department Calls for Transparency in Egypt’s Courts

By EgyptSource

US State Department deputy spokesperson Marie Harf has stressed that Egyptian courts must provide fair, transparent trials. Civilians should also be tried in civilian courts, Harf suggested, following months of controversy in Egypt that civilians could continue to be tried and convicted in military courts. 

MENASource

Nov 5, 2013

Egypt’s Transition Roadmap: Main Event or Sideshow?

By Michele Dunne

Secretary of State John Kerry called on the military-backed interim government to “keep faith with the roadmap and the path ahead to continue the march to democracy” during his November 3 stop in Cairo, one of several references he made to the roadmap as the key indicator of how things are going in Egypt.  Kerry […]

North Africa