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New Texts Out Now: Nile Green, Bombay Islam: The Religious Economy of the...
Nile Green, Bombay Islam: The Religious Economy of the West Indian Ocean, 1840-1915. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. [Co-winner of the 2011 Albert Hourani Book Award]...
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4 January 2009: The Abdel Dayem Family
[The following is narrative nine, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident that...
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Sanctioning Iran: An Interview on Iran's Ruling Bloc, Internal Strife, and...
On the last day of 2011, US President Obama signed into law a military authorization bill containing a provision that imposes new sanctions presumably in order to punish Iran for its nuclear program....
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Will Mubarak be Set Free?
Four months have passed since the start of Mubarak’s trial – as the first anniversary of the revolution approaches fear rise that the ousted president may be let off. Four months have passed since the...
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5 January 2009: Amal al-Samouni
[The following is narrative ten, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident that...
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Democratic Elections: A (Post-)Colonial Telling
Seoud Omar, a member of the Suez Canal Authority’s workers union, stood for parliamentary election as an independent candidate in Egypt’s port city of Suez. Just a week before the people of Suez went...
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في ذكرى بدر شاكر السياب: ذاكرة شعرية تحلم بإبادة اليأس
أتذكر السياب حين أصابُ بالحمَّى وأهذي: إخوتي كانوا يُعدون العَشاءَ لجيش هولاكو، ولا خدمٌ سواهم إخوتي! محمود درويش. 1 لا منأى للشاعر، في هذه الأرض، عن الأذى هذه العبارة التي تغوص عميقاً في سؤال الألم...
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Daqahliyah Election Results: Islamists Dominate
Freedom and Justice Party wins highest number of votes in party list and individual candidacy seats, Nour Party finishes second in party list vote, while Wafd Party and Revolution Continues Alliance...
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Results of Phase One of Election's Third Round to Be Announced on Saturday: SEC
First phase of third round of elections complete, results will be announced on Saturday, says head of Supreme Electoral Commission. The head of the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC), Judge Abd...
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Deny Reassuring US on Israel Peace Treaty
MB Guidance Bureau member denies US spokesperson's claims that the MB had assured the US concerning Egypt's peace treaty with Israel, says treaty's fate will be decided upon by national referendum....
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6 January 2009: Al-Dayah family
[The following is narrative eleven, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident that...
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موناليزا تنضم إلى الجيش الإسرائيلي
كان لإسم فلسطين طعم محرم وممنوع. فكنت في طفولتي أخاف أن أنطق به كي لا تنسل الألسنة الحادة وتقطعه إرباً إرباً. أن تعيش كفلسطيني على أرض فلسطين التاريخية يعني أن تتجرع النكبة كل يوم في لون الشمس والبحر...
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Evangelical Christmas with a Nationalist Flavor
At Kasr El-Doubara, a downtown Cairo church that stands by the January 25 revolution, Muslims joined Christians for a Christmas Mass marked with hope and prayers for the martyrs of struggle. “God, we...
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Egypt's Former Mufti Says Any Moral Police Must be State-Run
Nasr Farid, Egypt’s former mufti,said that the government, not individuals, should enforce moral codes that promote "virtue" and prevent "vice." Nasr Farid, the former mufti of Egypt said that any...
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Bedouins Wreak Havoc in South Sinai After Candidates Lose
Tribal demonstrators were enraged after the loss of their candidates in the parliamentary elections’ third round, attacked government building and blocked the highway. Tensions in South Sinai have...
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Mubarak Trial Prosecutors Call for Death Penalty
Prosecution wraps up case against Mubarak, El-Adly and 6 interior ministry officials by calling for their execution. Public prosecutors finished making their case against ousted Egyptian president...
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Thousands Block Railways in Upper Egypt Over NDP Election Gains
Thousands of people in the Upper Egypt governorate of Qena infuriated as ex-members of the now-defunct National Democratic Party of Hosni Mubarak suspiciously make it to the runoffs. Around ten...
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7 January 2009 - The Mattar Family
[The following is narrative twelve, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident that...
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9 January 2009 - The Abu Oda Family
[The following is narrative fourteen, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident...
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Amnesty International Slams Western Reactions Towards Arab Spring
The renowned rights group criticise the inconsistency and "double standards" of international community in their report on human rights abuses during the regional revolutions. Renowned rights group...
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