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Parliament members gather, at the National assembly in Tunis on January 3 2014. (AP Photo/Aimen Zine)
by Amal Mousa | Jan 21, 2014 | Opinion
The expression “every cloud has a silver lining” accurately describes some recent tensions within the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly—the body tasked with drafting the country’s new constitution—which began as a verbal spat between two of its members, Habib...
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)
by Hussein Shobokshi | Jan 12, 2013 | Opinion
The majority of rational people who viewed Bashar al-Assad’s most recent speech are certain that this was primarily directed towards the West, rather than the Syrian people or the Arab world. Bashar al-Assad focused repeatedly on warning against “takfirist...
