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August 25, 2017

Egypt
Weekend Reading: Sinai Tourism, Lebanon's Refugees, and Middle Eastern Street Art

Reading selections for the weekend of August 25, 2017.

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

February 5, 2016

Libya
Weekend Reading: Fact and Fiction in Libya, a Saudi in Iran, and “Turkishness”

Reading selections for the weekend of February 5, 2016.

WR02052016
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

September 10, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Mali: MUJAO "Executes" Algerian Diplomat

One of the radical Islamic groups operating in northern Mali has announced the September 1 “execution” – read murder – of an Algerian diplomat captured in the city of Gao five months ago. The diploma…

Militiaman from the Ansar Dine Islamic group, who said they had come from Niger and Mauritania, ride on a vehicle at Kidal in northeastern Mali, June 16, 2012.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

July 27, 2013

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Weekend Reading: Al-Qaeda’s Spring, Tunisia’s Violence, and Palestine’s Perspective

Musa al-Gharbi claims that the Arab Spring has failed to render al-Qaeda irrelevant, and it is now on the verge of resurgence. Tunisia-Live’s live blog for updates on Thursday’s assassination of Moh…

WeekendReading07262013
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

April 26, 2013

Egypt
Weekend Reading: No Egypt Independent

The complete final issue of Egypt Independent, which was not allowed to go to print. Sarah Carr takes down Al Masry Al Youm chairman and director, Abdel Monem Said Aly. Alaa Abd El Fattah provides …

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