'We left when the bullets were falling like rain' - Syrian refugees' illustrated storie... - 0 views
Egypt: Passive Aggression and Counter-revolution: Voters, Youth Stay Home - 2 views
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Voting was extended from two days to three in Egypt's presidential election on Tuesday, apparently because of an unexpectedly low turnout. The contest pits Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, until recently minister of defense and a high-ranking general, against leftist warhorse Hamdeen Sabahi, a fixed election all on its own.
Syrians stream to embassies to vote in controversial poll - Daily News Egypt - 0 views
Going to Alexandria: "Cynicism usually accompanies Arab elections" - 0 views
On an 81st Birthday: Why Does Abdelrahman Munif Not Make the 'World Literatur... - 0 views
Bill Gates Foundation sells shares in Israeli prison contractor G4S | The Electronic In... - 0 views
"We are the turning point": UC Santa Cruz passes divestment | The Electronic Intifada - 0 views
Show respect! Qatar 'dress code' shocks expats - Al Arabiya News - 0 views
Brunei: When Sharia serves the sultan and US media - Opinion - Al Jazeera English - 0 views
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Framing Brunei's new Sharia system in terms of "anti-gay" and "anti-women" legislation, as it has been in US coverage and protests, obscures the actual motivations behind the Sultanate's decision and nourishes the tired trope of "those crazy Muslims", an angle which the US media has an all-too comfortable relationship with.
Life, Death, and War in Post-2003 Iraq | Warscapes - 0 views
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Antoon is also keen to complicate conventional notions of life in Baghdad after 2003. Many foreign narratives of post-war Iraq emphasize ethnic and sectarian divisions as essential groups of categorization by the Iraqi people. By following Jawad’s story, which begins long before the invasion, we can see that Antoon addresses sectarianism, but in ways that counter common sectarian narratives. One example is that of Jawad’s work. In a jarring scene, two Sunni men come into Jawad’s business. Jawad is a Shia and generally washes other Shia men. Death rituals differ slightly between sects. The two men present Jawad with a burned corpse of a Shia man who had been killed in a car bomb. For days his body sat outside the wreckage, so the men decided to collect the corpse for washing. “God bless you. There are still good people in this world,” is all that Jawad replies. This emotional sense of togetherness, despite the admission that the car bomb was an act of sectarian violence, shows that in chaotic times such lines are not as clear as they are made out to be.
SHUT UP AND EAT - Medium - 0 views
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