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Weekend Reading: The Birmingham Quran, the Illiberal Middle East, and Terror in Turkey

WR07242015

By experts and staff

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  • Steven A. CookCFR Expert
    Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies

Take a closer look at fragments of one of the earliest extant Qurans today, found recently at the University of Birmingham.

Nervana Mahmoud laments the fate of Middle Eastern liberalism in the wake of the Iran nuclear deal.

Semih Idiz calls the recent bombings in Suruc, Turkey, a “dreadful wakeup call” for his country.