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September 13, 2013

United States
Weekend Reading: Leadership in the Middle East, Syria’s Refugees, and Turkish Democracy

Daniel Lakin discusses how the Arab Spring has all but prevented any clear leader from emerging in the Middle East. Gershom Gorenberg argues that the United States can help in Syria’s crisis by supp…

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January 7, 2012

Turkey
Weekend Reading: SCAF-Salafi Alliance?, L’affaire Basbug, and Bahrain’s Opposition

Mona Anis says that perhaps Egypt’s Salafists are better suited than the Brotherhood for an alliance with the military. Merve Busra Ozturk provides reflections on the recent arrest of Turkish former…

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December 2, 2011

Human Rights
Weekend Reading: Human Rights in Bahrain, Turkey’s Rating, and U.S. Tolerance for Arab Democracy

An anti-government protester marches with a Bahraini flag during a rally organised by all opposition societies of Bahrain in Budaiya (Hamad I Mohammed/Courtesy Reuters) Full text of the Bahrain I…

Weekend Reading: Human Rights in Bahrain, Turkey’s Rating, and U.S. Tolerance for Arab Democracy

January 13, 2012

Egypt
Weekend Reading: A Critique of Comrades, Islamic Feminism, and On Syria From Cairo

Samer Soliman writes a critique of revolutionary comrades on Al-Masry al-Youm. Fatemeh Fakhraie writes on Today’s Zaman that being a Muslim and a feminist is not a non-sequitur. Rami Khouri: How Sy…

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July 6, 2012

Egypt
Weekend Reading: Egyptians Getting Down to Business, Freedom of the Press in Morsy’s Egypt, and Libya’s Stalled Revolution

Issandr al-Amrani says Egypt’s new government can waste no more time getting down to business in solving the country’s exigent problems, after its lengthy transitional period. Ziad Oleimi on Al-Moni…

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