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New Year's open threadI'm working on other projects today and maybe tomorrow, so here's an open thread so I don't feel so guilty about not blogging quite as much as usual.
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Israeli Druse singer banned from RamallahFrom JPost:
The Palestinian Authority banned a well-know Israeli Druse singer from appearing at a New Year’s Eve party in Ramallah.
The decision to ban Mike Sharif, known as “The Druse Boy,” was taken following strong prote… Read More
Ilan Grapel writes about his incarceration in EgyptFrom the Washington Post:
When I went to Egypt to spend the summer working at a nongovernmental organization that provides legal assistance to asylum seekers from Sudan and Iraq, I was no stranger to the Middle East. I had s… Read More
Corrupt Egyptian army sells pasta and rents wedding hallsJadaliyya last week had an utterly fascinating article about the profit-making enterprises of the Egyptian army, and the corruption that comes from it.
Should the production of pasta, mineral water, butane gas cylinders, an… Read More
Third anniversary of Nizar Rayyan's deathOn January 1, 2009, Israel warned Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan to leave his home with his family before the IDF would bomb the weapons cache underneath his apartment building.
He refused, attempting to use his wives and childre… Read More