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June 17, 2016

Libya
Weekend Reading: Libyan Identity, an Alawite State, and Cairo’s Ramadan Lanterns

Reading selections for the weekend of June 17, 2016.

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

November 6, 2015

Algeria
Weekend Reading: Egypt’s State of Idiocy, Darth Mediene, and Libya’s Tribes

Maged Atiya laments the Egyptian state’s devolution into idiocy. Sam Metz and Abdallah Brahimi explore the potential reasons behind the recent dismissal of Algerian spy chief Mohammed Mediene. Nada…

WR11062015
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

February 19, 2016

Libya
Weekend Reading: Libya Five Years On, Iran and the Shia, and Contextualizing Heikal

Reading selections for the weekend of February 19, 2016.

WR02192016
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

October 26, 2012

Yemen
Weekend Reading: Women and Early Islam, Yemen’s Separatists, and Syrian Refugees in Egypt

Helen Lackner on Open Democracy, discusses the possibility of southern separatists in Yemen disrupting the country’s unity. Nada Moselhy describes the experience of many of the Syrian refugees now l…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

April 4, 2014

North Korea
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of April 4, 2014

Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Charles McClean, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula. South and North Korea exchanged artill…

Residents cover their faces as they ride a motorcycle along a street after tear gas was released by police to disperse a protest against a chemical plant project in Maoming, Guandong province, China on March 31, 2014. (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound