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Weekend Reading: Truth and Dignity in Tunisia, Egypt’s Island Controversy, and Ottoman Sports

Reading selections for the weekend of June 16, 2017.

<p>An Egyptian man reads the Koran during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at Ibn Tulun Mosque in old Cairo (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters).</p>
An Egyptian man reads the Koran during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at Ibn Tulun Mosque in old Cairo (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters).

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Urusla Lindsey examines the challenges facing Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission, established after the ouster of former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011.

Rana Mamdouh collects statements made by members of Egypt’s parliament as they voted on the highly unpopular Egyptian-Saudi maritime border agreement that transfers two Red Sea islands to the oil kingdom.

Gokan Gunes takes a look at the return and revival of Ottoman sports in Turkey.