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Lawrence Wright | Overheard with Evan Smith - 1 views

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    I heard this interview on KUT one evening and I thought it was really pertinent to our class discussions on Egypt. You can listen to the podcast or watch the interview via this link or download the podcast on iTunes for free, it is an author who just wrote a book on the Camp David Accords of 1978 and he discusses the book and the events during the interview.
mharcour

In Order to Free Jerusalem, Egypt Must be Freed - 0 views

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    An article from Tahrir Docs, this translation calls for the freeing of the Palestine state through the example of Egypt's own transformation.
mharcour

I am an Egyptian with the Intifada - 0 views

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    A Tahrir Docs translation, this flyer outlines the Egyptian support for the freeing of Palestine as well as specific goals to obtain.
allieggg

Car Bombs Explode Near Egyptian and U.A.E. Embassies in Libya - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Car bombs exploded outside the embassies of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in Tripoli, Libya, early on Thursday, apparently in a backlash against the two countries for their role in a regional proxy war playing out in Libya.
  • The side that controls Tripoli includes hard-line and more moderate Islamists, as well as non-Islamist regional or tribal groups who all say they are fighting against a return to Qaddafi-style authoritarianism. The other side, based in Tobruk and Baida, includes former soldiers loyal to Colonel Qaddafi and tribal groups who say they are fighting Islamist extremists.
  • Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have backed the anti-Islamist faction. Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and their ally, Saudi Arabia, all see Libya as a central front in a broader regional war against the forces of political Islam — a fight that began to intensify when the Egyptian military ousted President Mohamed Morsi last year.
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  • The United Arab Emirates launched a series of airstrikes from Egyptian bases against Islamist-allied militias fighting in Tripoli over the summer. And Egyptian forces have actively aided anti-Islamist military units fighting around Benghazi in eastern Libya.
  • Western diplomats familiar with intelligence reports say that Egyptian special forces have participated in raids near the airport in Benghazi, Libya, as well as at a camp near the Libyan stronghold of Derna, with mixed results.
  • Each side in Libya’s conflict now claims its own government — one in Tripoli and the other in Tobruk. The anti-Islamist government in Tobruk includes the headquarters of a recently elected Parliament, although it operates with little visibility and the number of lawmakers attending its sessions has been difficult to assess.
  • The Islamist-allied government in Tripoli contends that a recent Supreme Court decision invalidated the election of the Parliament in Tobruk. The government in Tobruk argues that the court was intimidated by the threat of militias in Tripoli.
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    Any doubts that Libya has pivoted to a proxy war have been eliminated with the recent bombings outside UAE and Egyptian embassies as a backlash against their role in the regional "tug of war" on Thursday. Each side of the conflict has its own government as well as city headquarters. Islamists have occupied Tripoli and Haftar's forces Tobruk. The actions of regional players are escalating the civil war to the utmost extent.
nfyffe

Helly Luv- Risk it All - 1 views

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    In the Risk it All music video's description box Helly Luv dedicates the song to Kurdistan: FINALLY AFTER SO MANY MONTHS CREATING THIS VIDEO IT'S FINALLY DONE TODAY!!!!! I COULD NOT BE MORE IN LOVE AND PROUD OF THIS VIDEO. FIGHTING FOR YOUR DREAMS AND RISKING EVERYTHING FOR WHAT YOU LOVE IS WHAT I BELIEVE IN. THIS VIDEO WAS INSPIRED BY MY STRONG BEAUTIFUL KURDISH PEOPLE. WHO NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND INDEPENDENCE. TOGETHER WE CAN FIGHT FOR THIS DREAM. TOGETHER WE CAN BECOME ONE. TOGETHER WE CAN RISK IT ALL. THANK U EVERYONE WHO WAS PART OF THIS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, ESPECIALLY ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AND THE SYRIAN CAMP THAT MADE THIS VIDEO COME ALIVE. ALSO, GOLDEN SCREEN THAT CREATED THIS ART PIECE WITH ME. I AM TRULY CRYING TEARS OF JOY TODAY! LONG LIVE KURDISTAN!!!
mharcour

Camp David Summit Review - 0 views

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    In this Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre release, the events of the Middle East Peace Summit are reviewed. While no peace agreement was made (and both sides claim that the other was unwilling while claiming to be overly fair), guidelines for future talks were settled upon.
kdancer

Child Soldiers, or 'Cubs,' Shown in Latest ISIS Video - 0 views

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    ISIS Releases video of children as the new pupils of ISIS
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    ISIS Releases video of children as the new pupils of ISIS
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    A new video released by ISIS on Sunday purportedly shows the terror group training children, who can be seen standing in formation, chanting, praying and participating in physical exercises. Alex Kassirer, of global security firm and NBC News consultant Flashpoint Intelligence, said the video features Al Farouk training camp for "cubs," or children, located in Raqqa, Syria.
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Syrian Christians fleeing ISIS find shelter in Turkey - World - CBC News - 0 views

  • At any given time, there are about 70 refugees who have fled the war in Syria. They share the bunk beds inside, six to a room.
  • They are among the two million people Turkey has taken i
  • Many are housed in state-of-the-art refugee camps throughout the country, but those who have connections and more money choose to come to Istanbul in hopes of easier communication with foreign embassies, faster passage to what they hope will be a more comfortable life in Europe
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  •  The war has split and scattered all of their families around the world. Bekandy's father is still back in Syria, her fiancé and mother are in London.
  • He hopes his good deeds might somehow help reunite him with his family, which is now split into three parts, spread across Europe.
  • His wife and six-year-old son are on the line from Athens. Their eldest daughter — just 15 — is in Germany.
  • Lezieh says ISIS drew that X on his house in Aleppo, marking it to show his was a Christian home. He says militants tried to recruit him, threatened to kidnap his children and bombed his new business
  • Now Lezieh gets by with donations from parishioners and hopes to see his family all in one place soon. He tries to smile through the tears. He has to. His daughter is calling.
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    Syrian Christians struggling in Turkey and other European countries. ISIS has not made it easy for them to live in Syria which is why they must flee the country. 
cramos8

Yarmouk Refugees Describe ISIS Raid - 1 views

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    Palestinian Refugee camp is raided by ISIS after militias are defeated.
micklethwait

Not scared of Iran, angry at America - 0 views

  • A comprehensive verifiable nuclear deal is in the interest of America and Gulf countries, the summit’s final statement read, adding that America and the Gulf “oppose and will work together to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities in the region.
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    Article about Saudi displeasure with US over Iran.
mcooka

Education caught in the crossfire of conflict | #ChildrenofSyria - 0 views

  • he attack on Al Hayat Primary School in Qaboun, eastern Damascus in November 2014 killed 11 children and injured many more.
  • But the Qaboun assault was just one of at least 68 attacks on schools across Syria between January and December 2014 alone
  • round 1 in 5 – have been damaged, destroyed, or are currently sheltering internally displaced people according to data gathered by UNICEF
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  • nside Syria, two million children and adolescents are currently out of school.
  • “We simply cannot allow an entire generation of children and adolescents to be lost to ignorance, exploitation, despair and radicalisation.”
  • International humanitarian law, which declares that schools be respected as zones of peace and safe havens for children, has counted for little. The long-term consequences for children – and their place in the Syria of the future – can only be guessed at.
  • utside Syria, more than 50 per cent (600,000) of Syrian refugee children and adolescents are out of school, and this number continues to grow.
  • The campaigns include distribution of teaching and learning materials as well as school bags with stationary. Similar campaigns have been rolled out in countries hosting refugees.
  • When I go to the refugee camps and see the smiling faces of children, then I think we should not give up in the face of difficulties,
  • ublic schools receiving Syrian children are overstretched. Non-formal education spaces cannot absorb large numbers of students.
  • achers are not well equipped to work with stress, overcrowding and difference. Syrian children and adolescents are receiving multiple and dispersed forms of curricula and content that are not adapted to their capacity and needs and that come with enormous challenges in certification and accreditation.
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    This article also talks about the problems Syrian children face regarding education. International laws about "schools remain out of conflict" has gone ignored for a long time. Public Schools are overstretched in neighboring countries due to extra children in schools. The most interesting part of this article is the video which goes into more details about the growth of education in the last four years. 
csherro2

Jordan - 0 views

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    Approximately 80 percent of Syrian refugees in Jordan live in urban areas in the north of Jordan, while the remaining 20 percent live in the Za'atari, Marjeeb al-Fahood, Cyber City and Al-Azraq camps. Northern Jordan has been dramatically altered by the Syrian civil war.
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