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Muslim brotherhood members and ousted president Mohammed Morsi supporters light up flares during a demonstration against the military backed government on September 10, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (AFP/Mahmoud Khaled)

Opinion: 2013 was a year of storms

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Dec 31, 2013 | Opinion

Deemed unlucky in Western cultures, the thirteenth year of the new millennium is now drawing to a close. Away from superstitions about numbers, 2013 was a tough and costly for everyone. However, at the same time it was useful in shattering the delusions and dreams of...

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In this photo taken Dec. 3, 2013, a giant Palestinian national flag flutters from the highest point of the city and over looking the neighboring Israeli settlement of Ateret in the background, at the under construction Palestinian city of Rawabi, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah. A state-of-the art Palestinian city under construction […]

Opinion: New Year Sorrows

by Bakir Oweida | Dec 29, 2013 | Opinion

As is well known, all endings are accompanied by pangs of sorrow, even if those endings are also joyful—whether for an individual, a family, society, country, or even the whole of humanity itself. And although some end-of-year celebrations are excessive or...

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Afghan Interior Minister Mushtaba Patang arrives at the interior ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 22, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid

Afghan parliament sacks interior minister over security issues

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 22, 2013 | World

Kabul, Reuters—Afghanistan’s parliament voted on Monday to dismiss one of the country’s top security chiefs by impeaching the interior minister in a potential blow to stability as NATO-led international forces speed their withdrawal from the country....

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Demonstrators hold Brazil’s national flag in front of a fire during an anti-government protest in Fortaleza June 21, 2013. (Reuters/Davi Pinheiro)

Brazil’s president pledges to hold dialogue with protesters

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 22, 2013 | World

Sao Paulo and Brasilia, Reuters—Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff promised on Friday to hold a dialogue with members of a protest movement sweeping the country, but also said she would do whatever is necessary to maintain order in the wake of widespread vandalism and...

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Thousands of demonstrators during a protest to deman better public services, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20 June 2013. (EPA/Marcelo Sayao)

One million march across Brazil in biggest protests yet

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 21, 2013 | World

Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, Reuters—An estimated 1 million people took to the streets in cities across Brazil on Thursday as the country’s biggest protests in two decades intensified despite government concessions meant to quell the demonstrations. Undeterred...