In the wake of the crisis between radical Islamists and Copts during the Coptic Easter, another major religious crisis has been unfolding in Egypt. Al-Azhar, one of the world’s m...
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Two pressing constitutional developments will consume much of the political debate in Beirut this week. The first is the scheduled parliamentary session on May 15, when MPs are set...
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Libyan newspaper editor Amara al-Khattabi was arrested December 19, 2012 after his newspaper, al-Umma, published the names of 84 judges accused of corruption. Khattabi was charged ...
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The celebration of the Coptic Easter this week sheds light on a significant political problem awaiting Egypt. While Coptic Christians are in the midst of celebrating a major holida...
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On April 19 in al-Minya in Upper Egypt, a 30-year-old named Mohammed Ragheb was stopped by three security personnel on suspicion of intoxication. The officers took him to the polic...
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The local provincial elections that took place on April 20 solidified the end of the Iraqiyya list (led by former Prime Minister, Ayad Allawi) as a unified bloc; its constituent pa...
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According to statistics from the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Iraq, nearly 13.5 million Iraqis were eligible to vote in the twelve governorates where the first r...
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