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Oct 29, 2013

Ebram Louis and the Contested Nature of Coptic Disappearances

By Jayson Casper

Maryam Milad disappeared in 2012. Last seen in the church of St. Anthony in Shubra, her father believes his now eighteen year old daughter has been kidnapped and perhaps married off to a Salafi Muslim somewhere. Police, he says, have been uncooperative.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 29, 2013

EconSource Headlines – October 29, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Oct 29, 2013

Top News: Morsi Refuses to Recognize Egypt Court Due to Try Him; Judges Recuse Themselves

Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Morsi has refused to recognize a court due to try him next week, declining to delegate lawyers to defend him over murder allegations. Judges presiding in an ongoing trial of Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohamed Badie and co-defendants on charges of incitement of murder have also recused themselves from the case.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 28, 2013

Debating Federalism in Yemen

By Rafat Al-Akhali

The Southern Movement in Yemen, known as Southern Hirak, is closer than ever before to achieving a negotiated resolution that addresses at least some of its demands. Capitalizing on Southern grievances following the 1994 civil war in Yemen, Hirak established itself as a protest movement in 2007 demanding to address many rights-based issues in the […]

Yemen

MENASource

Oct 28, 2013

The Week in Egypt – October 28, 2013

By Amira Mikhail

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

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 28, 2013

Top News: Egypt Officials Confirm Alleged Assassin in Militant Video was Ex-Army Major

By EgyptSource

The man Sinai militants claim was responsible for an attack on the interior minister in September was a former major in the Egyptian army, the interior ministry has confirmed. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis released a thirty minute video on militant websites on Saturday that identified former army major Walid Badr as being responsible for the attack, […]

MENASource

Oct 28, 2013

Top News: Egypt’s Constituent Assembly Passes Articles on Rights and Freedoms

By MENASource

The fifty-member Constituent Assembly tasked with amending the 2012 constitution began on Sunday voting on the draft constitution by passing five draft articles in the rights and freedoms section. The first article the assembly passed on Sunday is article 37, concerned with human dignity.

MENASource

Oct 28, 2013

EconSource Headlines- October 28, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Oct 25, 2013

Working Together to Mitigate the Sinai Threat

By Zack Gold

In the early days of Egypt’s 2011 uprising, the nationwide collapse of the police unleashed in Sinai a volatile mix of disgruntled Bedouin, opportunistic smugglers, and ambitious Salafi-jihadis. In August of that year, the latter carried out a complex cross-border attack against Israeli civilians and soldiers. They killed eight Israelis.  More worrisome, the attack and […]

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 25, 2013

EconSource Headlines – October 25, 2013

By EconSource

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