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Maged Zaher: Building poetry between Egypt and the US [Faces of Egypt]

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Twenty questions (and expert answers) on the Israel-Iran war

The escalation between Israel and Iran has raised many important questions about a region already facing crises on multiple fronts.

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Maged Zaher: Building poetry between Egypt and the US [Faces of Egypt]

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Dispatch from Jerusalem: Inside Israel’s bunkers as Iran war erupts

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The stakes are higher as two opposing rhetorics about the region’s future are at play: Pan-Abrahamism and Revolutionary Islamism.

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MENASource

Feb 28, 2013

Maged Zaher: Building poetry between Egypt and the US [Faces of Egypt]

By M. Lynx Qualey

“I dream of writing a dual language poem,” Maged Zaher says. “But it needs to be for a reason – it can’t be just a gimmick.” The Egyptian poet, who published his first collection just a few years ago, has been attracting wider attention in English-language circles since the release of his third book, Thank […]

MENASource

Feb 28, 2013

Top News: Brotherhood mulls Cabinet shuffle, NSF rejects US pressure to run in elections

By Egypt Source

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Bureau discussed a proposal calling for a mandatory Cabinet shuffle ahead of upcoming parliamentary polls as a way to ensure the integrity of the electoral process in a meeting Wednesday. 

MENASource

Feb 28, 2013

The Politics of Libya’s Political Isolation Law

By Eric Knecht

Libya’s political isolation law is flawed at best and leaves significant room for improvement. The current draft lists 36 categories of individuals deemed unfit for political office given their ties to the previous regime. Category number 14, for example, includes anyone who “assumed the position of administrative manager, ambassador, or general secretary for [embassies] abroad,” […]

Libya

MENASource

Feb 28, 2013

The Saudi Scholarship Program Eight Years In: We Need to Do Better

Through the King Abdullah scholarship program, young Saudi women are seizing new opportunities, Saudi family dynamics are changing, and there is potential for the emergence of a new cadre of leaders in Saudi society.

Saudi Arabia

MENASource

Feb 27, 2013

Laarayedh’s Tunisia Will Continue the Transition to Democracy

By Duncan Pickard

Ali Laarayedh, the prime minister–designate of Tunisia, will enter a more partisan political climate than did his predecessor in December 2011. Hamadi Jebali, the outgoing prime minister, was known to be conciliatory and an avoider of conflict. He took office in the afterglow of democratic elections, in a coalition between Ennahda (his own moderate Islamic […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 27, 2013

Top News: Morsi Opens ‘National Dialogue’ in Run-Up to Parliamentary Polls

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsi on Tuesday evening launched the first session of his ‘national dialogue‘ initiative with representatives of political parties and groups to discuss guarantees for free and fair parliamentary elections slated for April. GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Nour Party to demand amendments to electoral law: Spokesman Ashraf Thabet, a spokesman for the Salafist Nour Party, […]

MENASource

Feb 26, 2013

Live Updates: Egypt’s National Dialogue Aired Live for the First Time

By Egypt Source

Live updates of Egypt’s national dialogue

MENASource

Feb 26, 2013

Detention of Minors: A New Wave of Brutality

By Amira Mikhail

A new era of brutality has emerged in Egypt where the targeting of children has become far too frequent. Ahmed Moselhy, a lawyer in the Egyptian Coalition for Child Rights (ECCR), estimates that at least 7,415 minors were arrested in the past year in Alexandria and Cairo alone. Since January 25, 2013, with the most […]

MENASource

Feb 26, 2013

Top News: NSF Rejects Morsi’s Call to Discuss Transparent Elections Guarantees, Announces Election Boycott

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s presidency is planning to hold a national dialogue meeting on Tuesday with a number of political groups to discuss transparency of the upcoming parliamentary elections. Around 60 public figures, among them National Salvation Front members, have called on political parties and movements to announce a collective boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections. GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION […]

MENASource

Feb 25, 2013

Top News: Civil Disobedience Spreads to Delta

By Egypt Source

The Cabinet’s spokesperson said “rumors” spread in the media and on social networking sites about a civil disobedience campaign are not true, contending that certain people are trying to force government employees to take to the streets, or else they will harm them. Meanwhile, protesters enter into civil disobedience in the Nile Delta city of […]

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