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Two boys of Benghazi
World

Two boys of Benghazi

Benghazi, Libya--A week into Libya’s uprising, many hoped for a swift and decisive victory against an ostracized regime that appeared…
Libyan rebels, Qadhafi forces battle for oil sites
World

Libyan rebels, Qadhafi forces battle for oil sites

Al-Uqayla, Libya--Libyan rebels prepared for further attacks by forces loyal to leader Muammar Qadhafi on Friday as both sides struggled…
Q&A: Newly released Bahraini activist Ali Abdulemam on Bahrain’s past and future
Egypt

Q&A: Newly released Bahraini activist Ali Abdulemam on Bahrain’s past and future

Ali Abdulemam is a prominent digital activist in Bahrain, recently released from prison in a move the government hopes will…
Benghazi: The birthplace of Libya’s revolution
Egypt

Benghazi: The birthplace of Libya’s revolution

Benghazi, Libya--“Your beginning was in Benghazi and you will be finished in Benghazi.” The walls of Libya’s second largest city…
Yemen student dies in clash with regime supporters
World

Yemen student dies in clash with regime supporters

Sanaa--One protester was shot dead and five wounded in clashes with Yemeni government supporters near the capital Sanaa's university campus…
Will the revolution turn right or left?
Opinion

Will the revolution turn right or left?

How will the Egyptian political spectrum look if a more democratic system takes hold in the coming period? Some say…
Libyan troops in Benghazi after overnight protest
World

Libyan troops in Benghazi after overnight protest

Tripoli--Soldiers deployed in the streets of Libya's second city Benghazi on Friday after thousands of people demonstrated over the killing…
Bahrainis call for monarchy’s downfall
World

Bahrainis call for monarchy’s downfall

Thousands of Bahrainis called for the downfall of their ruling monarch on Friday, one day after a brutal attack by…
5 novels on: Revolution and Tahrir Square
Books

5 novels on: Revolution and Tahrir Square

1) Radwa Ashour's Specters, trans. Barbara Romaine Radwa Ashour's half-memoir, half-novel Specters, published in 1999, is about many people, places…
The revolution begins now
Opinion

The revolution begins now

The streets of Egypt erupted in jubilation yesterday after the announcement that Hosni Mubarak had resigned. Across the country, people…
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