Middle East and North Africa
Morocco
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Women This Week: Morocco’s #MeToo MomentWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering October 26 to November 2, was compiled with support from Rebecca Turkington and Ao Yin.
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Women This Week: Increasing Equality in IndiaWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering September 20 to Septembe 27, was compiled with support from Rebecca Turkington, Rebecca Hughes and Alexandra Bro.
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Corruption, Gender Inequality, and the MeToo MovementResearch shows that corruption hinders development and reinforces inequality. Yet anti-corruption efforts generally fail to recognize and address the impact corruption has on women’s lives. When wome…
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Women Around the World: This WeekWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering February 18 to February 27, was compiled with support from Alexandra Bro and Anne Connell.
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Weekend Reading: Iran's Foreign Policy, Egyptian Dystopian Literature, and Protests in MoroccoReading selections for the weekend of July 21, 2017.
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Weekend Reading: The Taxi Drivers of Damascus, Women’s Prisons in Egypt, and Morocco’s Meteorite TradeReading selections for the weekend of March 10, 2017.
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Weekend Reading: Liberal Arts in the Middle East, Morocco’s Durability, and Lebanon’s New PresidentReading selections for the weekend of November 4, 2016.
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Weekend Reading: Libyan Music, Gazan Tunnels, and Moroccan PoliticsReading selections for the weekend of October 22, 2016.
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Weekend Reading: Morocco’s Amazigh, Istanbul’s Rent, and the Teacher of al-MinyaReading selections for the weekend of September 23, 2016.
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Thinking Bureaucratically about BenghaziThere have been many analyses of former Secretary of State Clinton’s testimony this week about Benghazi, but most are political. Here’s a bureaucratic analysis. Mrs. Clinton’s critics claim that she…
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Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Jews, an Afternoon With Hezbollah, and Moroccan SalafisSigal Samuel reviews a new Ramadan television series about Egypt’s Jewish community. The Beirut Report recounts the story of a journalist held by Hezbollah in southern Beirut. Imad Stitou argues th…
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Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Money Pit, Morocco’s Jewish Community, and Saudi Civil SocietyNizar Manek and Jeremy Hodge chase after $9.4 billion worth of secret accounts and special funds hidden away by top Egyptian officials. Evelyn Crunden examines how one group in Morocco remembers and…
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Weekend Reading: Trouble In Morocco, Egypt 1990s Style, and What Are The Palestinians Saying?Zineb Belmkaddem examines how the Moroccan authorities are clamping down on opposition movements. Dina El Khawaga argues that the Egyptian government is reproducing the authoritarian measures of the…
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Weekend Reading/Viewing: Lingo in Morocco, Lights Out in Yemen, and Urban Housing in CairoMohamed Kasmi discusses the linguistic richness in Morocco, and the related linguistic policies the government has enacted over the years. Abubakr Al-Shamahi says that keeping the lights on in Yemen…
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Weekend Reading: A Resignation in Lebanon, Corruption in Libya, and Conflict in MoroccoElias Muhanna, of Qifa Nabki, gives his perspective on the recent resignation of Lebanese PM, Najib Mikati. The Risky Shift comments on corruption in Libya, and provides steps forward to improve it…