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Jul 29, 2025

‘I can barely stand or make it through the day’: First-hand views of Gaza’s starvation

Israel has systematically denied aid entry into Gaza, and perpetuated false narratives intended to discredit the humanitarian community.

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Lessons Learned

MENASource
Jul 31, 2025

Beyond tariffs: Building a win-win relationship between the US and Iraq

By
Ahmed Tabaqchali

Iraq is among the countries to face a 30 percent tariff starting August 1 on its exports to the United States.

Energy Markets & Governance
Iraq

Lessons Learned

MENASource
Jul 30, 2025

After Swaida: How Syria’s periphery is shaping its future

By
Ibrahim Al-Assil

What comes next in Syria will not be determined by battlefield victories or summit declarations, but by the evolving realities on the ground.

Conflict
Democratic Transitions

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MENASource

Jan 10, 2013

Lessons Learned

By Yussef Auf

The thirty-two days between the 22nd of November and the 24th of December 2012 were unlike any in Egypt’s history. They began with President Mohamed Morsi’s “constitutional” declaration issued on the 21st of November and ended with the announcement of the official results of the referendum on the new constitution. These 32 days were punctuated […]

MENASource

Jan 10, 2013

Top News: Prosecutor General forms Revolution Protection Prosecution

By Egypt Source

Prosecutor General Tala’at Abdallah has formed a new body to investigate crimes committed against protesters during the 2011 Revolution. The Revolution Protection Prosecution is headed by Amr Fawzy and includes 20 further members.

MENASource

Jan 10, 2013

Aid or Arrests? Qatar and UAE Go Separate Ways on Muslim Brothers

By Richard LeBaron

The ruling families of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have staked out opposite poles in relation to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptian press reported on January 8 that visiting Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim al-Thani announced additional economic support for Egypt: a new $2 billion deposit in the Central Bank (although it does […]

MENASource

Jan 9, 2013

Housing Co-operatives: The Future of Mubarak-Era Corruption in Morsi’s Government

By Alastair Beach

When the first of the 2.3 million stone blocks were lugged into place around 4,500 years ago, the great Pharaoh Khufu probably hoped his tomb would stand in glorious isolation for eternity. But four and a half millennia later, the Pyramids of Giza have almost been eaten up by the urban sprawl which over the […]

MENASource

Jan 9, 2013

Top News: Three Civilians Facing Military Trials Today

By Egypt Source

Al-Galaa Military Court in Ismailia will hear the cases of three civilians. 

MENASource

Jan 9, 2013

NGO Trial: Another Day in the Cage

By Jonathan Moremi

Tomorrow Egypt will see another court session in what has become widely known as the NGO trial. In December 2011, eight months after Hosni Mubarak was toppled and just days after the first free parliamentary election phase began, Egyptian police raided the Cairo offices of 10 non-governmental organizations (NGO) that were working in Egypt, monitoring […]

MENASource

Jan 9, 2013

Libya’s Fractious New Politics

By Karim Mezran and Eric Knecht

Politics—defined here as the conflict of competing factions for power—did not meaningfully exist under the former Gaddafi regime. For some, the fact that they exist now, and in a rather lively fashion, is cause for optimism. However, the fact that they have become this fractious this fast, is cause for concern for many more. In […]

Libya

MENASource

Jan 8, 2013

Do Salafi Splits Signal Weakness or a Different Kind of Strength?

By Jayson Casper

The Nour Party, the political flagship of Egypt’s burgeoning Salafi movement, is in full damage control over scores of member defections to the new Watan Party. This is appropriate, as the damage is substantial. But Yasser al-Borhami, founder of the Salafi Call of which Nour is the political arm, said resignations from the party equal […]

MENASource

Jan 8, 2013

Top News: Ministry announces governor reshuffle; Islamists to gain eight posts

By Egypt Source

Eight new governors are to be appointed in Greater Cairo, Qena, Sharqiya, Monufiya, Aswan and the New Valley, said sources from the Local Development Ministry. 

MENASource

Jan 8, 2013

Forming a Syrian Opposition Government: The Time is Now

By Frederic C. Hof

The Syrian Opposition Council (SOC) formed in November 2012 faces no shortage of dire challenges as it tries to organize itself and give desperately needed political leadership to a heterogeneous hodgepodge of armed and unarmed opponents of the dying yet lethally venomous regime of Bashar al-Assad.  How to uphold the primacy of citizenship in an […]

Syria
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