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The World Abetted Assad’s Victory in Syria
Christopher Phillips
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Beyond fragility: Syria and the challenges of reconstruction in fierce states
Steve Heydemann
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Foreign Belly Dancers? Egyptians Shake Their Heads (and Hips) | NYT
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Five Books That Take You Beyond One Thousand and One Nights
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The Thousand and One Nights (Alf Layla wa-Layla) (2 vols.)
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The Reith Lectures | BBC
Margaret MacMillan examines the role of civilians as supporters and victims of conflict.
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Scholars Decry Arrest of Ph.D. Student in Egypt
MESA statement on Waleed Khalil el-Sayed Salem.
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UAE extends compulsory military service to 16 months amid Yemen war
At what point do Emiratis say, no conscription without representation?
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The Maps of Israeli Settlements That Shocked Barack Obama | The New Yorker
Not that he did anything about it.
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