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Protesters chant anti-Mursi and anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a demonstration in Tahrir square, in Cairo May 17, 2013. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih)
by Stephen Glain | May 21, 2013 | The Majalla Magazine
In an interview last month, Egyptian politician Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh displayed the poise and good humor of a man who had the foresight to step off a bus before it rolled into a ditch. The former Muslim Brotherhood member spoke confidently about newly democratic...
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Palestinians hold placards bearing anti- US and USAID slogans during a protest against US policies in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 10, 2011. Source: ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images
by Stephen Glain | Feb 21, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
In spring 2002, with the Second Intifada entering its second year, I was in Damascus drinking tea with a friend in his shop near the Umayyad Mosque. We were watching a televised broadcast of Israel’s assault on the West Bank, which it was reoccupying. When I asked my...
