Liverpool star Salah named new Egypt captain in huge change of tradition
The US Sun· 19 hours agoMohamed Salah has received some relief from Liverpool's struggles - by being appointed Egypt's...
Hunger strikes like Navalny’s are a Russian tradition dating to the czar’s prisons
Washington Post· 20 hours agoHunger strikes have a long history in Russia. “The prison hunger strike developed as an...
The Arab Spring has been misunderstood
Al Jazeera· 3 days agoTen years ago, anti-government protests in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, and Bahrain fostered hope, within the region and without, that a...
The history of protest songs in Tunisia and their link to popular culture
The Conversation· 1 day agoFrom the mid-1970s and throughout the 1980s, during the regime of Habib Bourguiba, the protest song in Tunisia developed as a countercultural music scene. The protest ...
The Republic of False Truths by Alaa al-Aswany review – the personal cost of a failed coup
The Guardian via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEssam Shaalan, once a student protest leader in the 1970s, is now the manager of a foreign-owned...
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 2 days agoA passenger train derailed Sunday north of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities said. Four train wagons ran off the railway at the...
Navalny's life is Putin's 'personal' responsibility, say Russian politicians
CNN.com· 3 days agoMoscow (CNN)Nearly a dozen Russian politicians have published an open letter to President Vladimir...
Analysis: We're about to see how far CEOs will really go to protect voting rights
CNN.com· 7 days agoNew York (CNN Business)Business leaders in America face a conundrum that could ultimately limit...
‘We stayed. The citizens are why we stay’: CNN reporter goes viral after police threaten to arrest...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“In my 25 years as a reporter I have NEVER heard police in America actually say “journalists will be...
16 Amazing Photos You Missed This Week
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTensions have soared over the police killing of Wright just outside Minneapolis, already on edge over the ongoing trial of ex-cop Derek Chauvin in the...