Weekend Reading: Dogging It In Cairo, Lebanon’s Pretty Good Year, and Rethinking Syria Before The War

By experts and staff
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Steven A. CookCFR ExpertEni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies
Adham Elsherif presents a short, English-subtitled film on life in Cairo through the eyes of street dogs.
Elias Muhanna argues that, despite its troubles, Lebanon had a better year in 2014 that expected.
A Syrian blogger who goes by the name Maysaloon reminisces on Syria before the war.