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Arab family members gather in a communal family space to discuss plans after a truce expires following tribal feuding in Aswan, Egypt, on April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Sabry Khaled, El Shorouk Newspaper)


Code of Honor

Code of Honor

Egypt is a country with many faces and a country that continually finds itself at the center of attention. One facet of Egypt’s complex culture that has only recently drawn international interest is al-tar—the vendetta. Although blood feuds have long been a defining...
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Egyptian police deploy outside of Cairo University a day after a series of three bombs went off in Giza, Egypt, on Thursday, April 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah, El Shorouk)


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Horse carts used for tourist and belonging to an Arab clan smolder after clashes between the Arab clan and a Nubian family in the southern city of Aswan, Egypt, Sunday, April 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Sabry Khaled, El Shorouk Newspaper)