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    Is Democracy Breaking Out in the Middle East?

    FEBRUARY 1, 2011 11:39AM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: the middle east, democracy, tunisia, sudan, egypt, jordan, turkey, iran

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 1464 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Millions of Egyptians Protest in Tahrir Sq.—Mubarak Must Go

    FEBRUARY 1, 2011 10:59AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: wikileaks, news, politics, revolution, egyptians, egypt, mubarak

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 1197 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    The Man Who Begged for Baksheesh, & Other Raw Egypt Memories

    JANUARY 31, 2011 8:42AM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: travel, true stories, egypt, cairo, luxor, alexandria, the red sea

    • Editor's Pick
    • 66 Ratings
    • 3174 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    The Greatest Generation that Never Was

    JANUARY 31, 2011 6:18AM

    By cartouche


    Topics: egypt, egyptian uprising, social media, twitter, political unrest, jay leno, jaywalking, cairo, hosni mubarak, al jazeera english, reuters, janet napolitano, homeland security, color code alert, terrorist threats, jay leno, jaywalking, white house press briefing, robert gibbs, president obama, berlin wall, fall of the berlin wall, mother tiger, joe dimartino, military, combat, ptsd, veterans affairs, tunisia, mohammed bouazizi, president zine el abedine ben ali

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 953 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Egypt and Tunisia - A Tale of Two White Houses

    JANUARY 28, 2011 3:35PM

    By Michael Kelly


    Topics: contras, egypt, elections, mubarak, president obama, protestors, secretary of state clinton, self-determination, sudan, tunisia, vice president biden

    • Editor's Pick
    • 69 Ratings
    • 4947 Views
    • 71 Comments
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    Egypt is Rising

    JANUARY 28, 2011 6:53AM

    By cartouche


    Topics: stellaa, opinion, afghanistan, war room, it’s the economy stupid, war room, bill clinton, hillary clinton, obama, political unrest in egypt, riots in cairo, egypt

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 9652 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    New Gaza convoys set sail as Israel loses face

    AUGUST 19, 2010 9:30AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: gaza, israel, idf, algeria, palestine, egypt, george galloway

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 105904 Views
    • 93 Comments
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    Adult Breastfeeding Establishes "Maternal Relations"...

    JUNE 7, 2010 3:12PM

    By twodaymag


    Topics: sex, politics, religion, breastfeeding, babies, feminism, men's issues, women's issues, religion and belief, human rights, news, world news, saudi arabia, islam, sheik, women's rights, reproductive rights, relationships, jail, punishment, fatwa, gulf news, egypt

    • Editor's Pick
    • 61 Ratings
    • 3310 Views
    • 88 Comments
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    Passover Explained

    MARCH 28, 2010 8:16PM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: belief/religion, comedy, family, food/drink, pharaoh, moses, matzoh, passover, egypt, security deposit, kosher tequila, pharaoh's favorite jacket, mt. sinai, bunions, mouthwash, bitter herbs, heartburn, apples mixed with honey, x-box, pork, bacon, beach umbrella, locusts, red sea, bathtub, frogs french, mattress discounts, wander in the desert, ask directions

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1468 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Why I Want to March in Gaza for my Christmas Vacation

    DECEMBER 23, 2009 3:20PM

    By Booknut


    Topics: egypt, gaza, palestine, israel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 6531 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Berlin's "New Museum" reopens after a seventy-year sleep

    OCTOBER 19, 2009 6:45AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: history, berlin, neues museum, museum, egypt, amarna, nefertiti, germany, world war ii, troy, schliemann, stalin, charlottenburg, travel, art

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 258 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Time for Obama to Start Delivering on Human Rights in Egypt

    AUGUST 18, 2009 1:53PM

    By Neil Hicks


    Topics: egypt, egyptian elections., human and democracy promotion, president mubarak, president obama, u.s. foreign policy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 777 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Iran and Egypt: why it's different and why it's the same

    JUNE 21, 2009 1:29PM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: politics, belief and religion, sadat, wafd party, moussavi, ahmedinejad, democracy, demonstrations, elections, egypt, iran

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1716 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    The Cairo Speech: A Lonely Little Live Blog

    JUNE 4, 2009 7:31AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: women's rights, religious freedom, nuclear weapons, iran, palestine, israel, the pottery barn wars, foreign policy, politics, muslim, arab, speech, obama, egypt, cairo speech

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