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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Egyptian Aak 2016- Week 30 ( July 25-31)
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
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt
Tagged Egypt, Gulen, IMF, Islam Beheiry, Israel, Sinai, Turkey
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Re-blog: The Dangerous Stipulation of Islamic Exceptionalism
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
Reblog: Amnesty calls for independent monitors as allegations of torture mount — Human Rights in Turkey
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)
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
Egyptian Aak 2016- Week 28 (July 11- 17)
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
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt, Uncategorized
Tagged Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, Muslim Brotherhood, Nice, Sinai, Turkey
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Egyptian Aak 2016 -Week 27 -2016 (July 4-10)
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
Banning the Niqab is a ban of disguised identity, not Islamic dress code
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
Posted in Best Read, Egypt, Islam, Saudi Arabia, women rights
Tagged Egypt, Europe, Hijab, Islam, Niqab, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, women rights
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Egyptian Aak 2016 – Week 26 ( June 26-July 3)
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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Suheir Atassi’s swimsuit and our moral bankruptcy
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 →