Why Is the Middle East Still in Thrall to 9/11 Conspiracy Theories?
Standing By
The Throwback
Sphinx, Lies, and Audiotape
Striking Distance
Cairo's Amazing Child Vigilantes
As I strode up the streets towards my apartment in Cairo’s Dokki neighborhood last Sunday evening, a posse of teenagers approached. One was packing a clip into his pistol. Another carried a sword over his shoulder. Two others followed clutching wooden clubs. Trailing a few feet behind, a couple of ten-year-olds carried broomsticks. It felt like something out of a William Golding novel, but they were, in fact, trying to protect me. Meet my local neighborhood watch. READ MORE >>
Excess Point
Black Friday
The Cairo Agenda
This weekend, Egyptians will go to the polls—and few of their votes will be counted. The country's elections are, after all, a pseudo-democratic façade carefully choreographed to appease the regime’s Western benefactors. For that reason, Egyptian electoral outcomes are mostly expressions of the regime’s political interests at a particular moment in time. And this year, the regime's interests have changed dramatically. READ MORE >>
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