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Weekend Reading: Immigration in the Emirates, North and South Yemen, and Egypt’s Copts

Reading selections for the weekend of July 29, 2016.

<p>Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi greets Egyptian Coptic Pope Tawadros II, head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo (Handout/Reuters).</p>
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi greets Egyptian Coptic Pope Tawadros II, head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo (Handout/Reuters).

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

Sultan Al Qassemi shares stories of immigration and citizenship that helped shape the United Arab Emirates today.

Thanos Petouris argues that the north-south divide in Yemen is a better lens by which to understand the Yemeni conflict than the Sunni-Shia split.

Maged Atiya contends that the recent attacks on Copts in Egypt reflects a state system that has become weak and unwilling to face the country’s challenges.