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Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions
Arab Spring

Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions

Mehmet Rakipoglu

The Arab revolutionary wave that began in 2011 presents two of its most significant, yet fundamentally divergent, case studies: Egypt and Syria

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A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

12/06/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

12/06/2025 By Cronkite News Arizona PBS

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Fellowships For Threatened Scholars

Fellowships For Threatened Scholars

FELLOWSHIPS FOR THREATENED SCHOLARS FROM IRAQ – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Iraq Scholar Rescue Project The Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) has received […]

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Egypt
Napoleon Defeats Knights Of St

Napoleon Defeats Knights Of St

Napoleon Defeats Knights of St. John, Takes Malta At the Napoleon in Egypt blog, Bourrienne’s brief account of the conquest of the Knights of St. […]

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Iraq
Iraqi Parliament Adjourns Asean Calls

Iraqi Parliament Adjourns Asean Calls

Iraqi Parliament Adjourns ASEAN Calls for US Withdrawal from Iraq Iraq’s parliament went on a one-month hiatus Tuesday afternoon, having not passed any significant legislation. […]

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Sick On New Cold War With Iran At Our

Sick On New Cold War With Iran At Our

Sick on the New Cold War with Iran at our group blog, Columbia U. Political Scientist and former National Security Adviser Gary Sick lays out […]

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Iraq
Third Of Iraqi Children Malnourished

Third Of Iraqi Children Malnourished

A third of Iraqi Children Malnourished Baghdad Neighborhoods Emptied by Snipers Skepticism on Gates-Rice Mission The aid organization Oxfam estimates that a third of Iraqis, […]

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Egypt
Bonaparte Betrayed At Cairo At Napoleon

Bonaparte Betrayed At Cairo At Napoleon

Bonaparte Betrayed at Cairo At the Napoleon in Egypt blog, the story of how Gen. Bonaparte discovered during his march on Cairo that his wife […]

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Iraq
Basra Governor Dismissed Fadhila Brands

Basra Governor Dismissed Fadhila Brands

Basra Governor Dismissed Fadhila Brands al-Maliki Gov. “the New Baath” Sunnis Complain about “Threats” The Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, the Iraqi Accord Front, traded […]

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Iraq
Hearing On Us Embassy In Iraq Mayberry

Hearing On Us Embassy In Iraq Mayberry

Mayberry Testimony on Kidnapping of Workers for US Embassy Baghdad I mentioned story the other day briefly about allegations that the Kuwaiti contracting firm building […]

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Iraq
Al Maliki Tensions Severe With Petraeus

Al Maliki Tensions Severe With Petraeus

Al-Maliki Tensions Said Severe with Petraeus; US Raid in Karbala Steven R. Hurst and Qassim Abdul-Zahra of the Associated Press get the scoop that relations […]

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