Monthly Archives: July 2016

Egyptian Aak 2016- Week 30 ( July 25-31)

Posted on July 31, 2016 by nervana111

Top Headlines IMF mission arrives in Cairo to discuss Egypt’s loan request Al-Azhar rejects Egypt government decision to standardize Friday sermons Egypt has not received political asylum request from Turkish cleric Gulen Central Bank of Egypt decided to leave its … Continue reading →

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Re-blog: The Dangerous Stipulation of Islamic Exceptionalism

Posted on July 30, 2016 by nervana111

I re-blog, with permission, this important analysis by the  Middle East Institute scholar Hassan Mneimneh on Shadi Hamid’s recent book “Islamic Exceptionalism.”  I completely agree with Mneimneh: Shadi’s work ” is likely to bolster the rhetoric of and be welcome by the … Continue reading →

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Reblog: Amnesty calls for independent monitors as allegations of torture mount — Human Rights in Turkey

Posted on July 26, 2016 by nervana111

In the aftermath of a failed coup attempt, Amnesty has seen mounting evidence of human rights abuses, including a further clamp down on freedom of expression and mass arrests. The detention of human rights lawyer Orhan Kemal Cengiz and the … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2016-Week 29 (July 18- 24)

Posted on July 25, 2016 by nervana111

Top Headlines  Sectarian violence in Minya in Upper Egypt Egyptian court annuls Ahmed Mortada Mansour’s membership in the parliament Egypt’s central bank governor said that time was not right to float the Egyptian pound More debris from crashed Egypt Air … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2016- Week 28 (July 11- 17)

Posted on July 18, 2016 by nervana111

Top Headlines Word “fire” is heard on voice recorder of doomed Egypt Air Egypt orders Muslim preachers to deliver identical weekly sermons Sisi will participate in Beijing G20 summit in September Egypt’s Sisi extends state of emergency in parts of … Continue reading →

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Suheir Atassi’s swimsuit and our moral bankruptcy

Posted on July 11, 2016 by nervana111

Syria’s Suheir Atassi Millions of women around the world do this daily without attracting much attention, but recently, Suhair Atassi, a prominent, secular Syrian opposition figure was spotted wearing a swimsuit at a Turkish resort. When photos of her appeared … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2016 -Week 27 -2016 (July 4-10)

Posted on July 10, 2016 by nervana111

Egyptian foreign minister visits Israel Top Headlines Egyptian foreign minister to talk Middle East peace in rare visit to Israel Egypt to receive alleged Egypt Air MS804 wreckage washed ashore in Israel Traders are betting Egypt will weaken the pound … Continue reading →

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Banning the Niqab is a ban of disguised identity, not Islamic dress code

Posted on July 8, 2016 by nervana111

  Two women wearing niqab face veils (file pic) Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The canton of Ticino, an Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, has banned the Niqab, the face veil worn by some Muslims. The decision came after a referendum in 2013, … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2016 – Week 26 ( June 26-July 3)

Posted on July 4, 2016 by nervana111

Apology for the late posting of my weekly Egypt’s compilation, as I was in a short trip abroad.  Top Headlines Egypt Air MS804 cockpit recorder contents are not damaged TV host Liliane Daoud is arrested and deported from Egypt Coptic Christian priest … Continue reading →

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