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November 17, 2014

HRW: Egypt 'militarising' prosecution of dissidents

An international human rights watchdog on Monday warned that a recent decree by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to expand the powers of the country’s military courts risks “militarising” the...

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November 17, 2014

Yemen's former President Saleh and the language of terror

One day you are America’s closest ally on the war on terror, the next you find yourself on their hit list. And so the mad circus of this endless...

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November 17, 2014

Muslim scholars' union slams UAE 'terrorist' label

The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) expressed its surprise on Monday over the decision by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to include the bloc on the country’s list...

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November 17, 2014

A series on Statelessness: Palestinians in East Jerusalem fighting complete erasure

This November marked 60 years since the 1954 United Nations convention which first promised to tackle the issue of statelessness was adopted. Today however the problem is far from...

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November 17, 2014

It is democracy not political Islam

In the battle of transition to democracy in the Arab world, the question of religion and its role in the state and politics throws its weight over the dynamic...

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November 17, 2014

Iranian oil minister heads to UAE to discuss decline in oil prices

Iranian oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh is preparing to visit the UAE this week to discuss the circumstances regarding the fall in oil prices and how to address this...

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November 17, 2014

Misconceptions of Political Islam

As soon as the Tunisian elections results were announced with Nidaa Tounes overtaking Ennahdha party, celebrations of the “Islamists'” defeat at the hands of the “secularists” got underway across...

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November 16, 2014

EU may punish Israel for hampering two--state solution

The European Union (EU) prepares a proposal for applying sanctions on Israel in case it commits actions that undermine the two-state solution with the Palestinians, an Israeli newspaper has...

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November 16, 2014

CitiBank to close all branches in Egypt: A response from CitiEgypt's CEO

Responding to our story CitiBank to close all branches in Egypt from November 4th, CEO of Citi Egypt Nadir Shaikh has sent the following statement. It has been printed...

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November 16, 2014

Palestinian students resist racism in Israeli unversities

Hundreds of Palestinian students held demonstrations in Israeli universities last week to protest the murder of Kheir Al-deen Hamdan by Israeli police. Hamdan, a 22-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel,...

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