Weekend Reading: The Middle East Is Not All That Bad

By Steven A. Cook
Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies

After 30 years, Beirut’s Maghen Abraham synagogue has been restored and is scheduled to reopen.

Zamaaan offers a glimpse into a people’s history of the Middle East via crowd-sourced family photos.

Adela Suliman reports on Misrata’s economic and social rejuvenation.

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