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March 1, 2023

Nigeria
A Chance to Consolidate

The international community must help Nigeria make the best of an imperfect situation.

A man reads a newspaper that reads that Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared the winner and president-elect of Nigeria.

June 7, 2023

Nigeria
Not Their President

For the first time since the country’s return to civil rule in 1999, Nigerian Pentecostals find themselves on the outside looking in.

A Nigerian military helicopter is captured in the air with a Nigerian flag hanging from the bottom during the inauguration of Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu.

July 8, 2011

Turkey
Weekend Reading: Regional Tensions on the Rise

Syrian men living in Jordan shout slogans against Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad during a demonstration in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman (Muhammad Hamed/Courtesy Reuters) The Sandmonkey…

Weekend Reading: Regional Tensions on the Rise

September 7, 2012

Human Rights
Weekend Reading: Non-Islamists in Egypt, Bahrain’s Brutal Police, and Syria’s Tragedy

Said Shehata laments the lack of an effective opposition in Egypt’s largely Islamist-dominated political arena. Mahmood on Mahmood’s Den, reflecting on Bahraini police brutality, says that Bahrain’s…

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January 22, 2016

Turkey
Winter Storm Reading

Snow- and Middle East–themed reading for this weekend's winter storm.

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