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Military to Military

By Seymour M. Hersh – London Review of Books – The military’s resistance dates back to the summer of 2013, when a highly classified assessment, put together by the Defense [...]

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Why the Middle East Isn’t Likely to Look Better in 2016

By Aaron David Miller – The Wall Street Journal –  Threats to state authority: The Arab state structure is under enormous stress: There is fragmentation and civil war [...]

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Egypt’s Censorship Authority Raid Merit Publishing House in Cairo

By Mohammed Saad – Ahram Online – Staff member Mohamed Zein, 23, was arrested during the raid then released a few hours later. Mohammed Hashem, the owner of Merit, was not arrested or [...]

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Art Spaces in Downtown Cairo Shut Down in Government Raid

By Mada Masr – Established in 1998, the non-profit Townhouse Gallery, along with the affiliated Rawabet Theater, is part of a small group of art spaces in downtown that has helped promote a [...]

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Observers: Al-Azhar’s Educational Curricula Graduate IS Supporters

Edited from MCN – During the celebration of the Prophet’s birthday, the president called on Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, saying, “You and preachers are responsible [...]

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Egyptian Court Reduces 5-Year Blasphemy Sentence for TV Host Islam Beheiry to One Year

By Ahram Online – Beheiry received the five-year sentence in May. He was out on LE50,000 bail. In June, he was acquitted in a separate case on similar charges. Following the announcement of [...]

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ISIS in Gaza

By Sarah Helm – The New York Review of Books –  Hams is a Salafist sheikh. “A Salaf means an original ancestor—one of those who lived close to the Prophet and observed his actions [...]

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Naming the Muslim Brotherhood a US National Security Threat

By Daniel Greenfield – Frontpage Magazine – The Muslim Brotherhood is to Islamic terrorism what a virus is to disease. Major terrorist leaders from the Caliph of ISIS to Arafat have [...]

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Islamoterror Is the Problem, Not ‘Islamophobia’

By Tarek Fatah- The Toronto Son  – Republished by Middle East Forum Last year, in the face of growing ISIS-inspired jihadi terrorism, the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) along with [...]

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The End of the Arab Spring Dream

By Sohrab Ahmari – The Wall Street Journal – Thursday marks a bitter anniversary in the Arab world. On Dec. 17, 2010, a Tunisian fruit vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on [...]