NEED TO KNOW TUNISIA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/9fcb8edf-e081-4318-ab32-04abb3d5c1e6.png"] The Art of Listening The Tunisian presidential election is heating up. That’s important because voters are deciding more than who will lead the Mediterranean country when they go to the polls on Sunday, Al Jazeera wrote. The future of democracy in the Arab world is...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW LEBANON [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/094ac9b0-45f5-497b-ac34-cf0c28046926.png"] Where to Start? The Daily Star, an English-language newspaper in Lebanon, recently ran an edition that contained no news. Instead, editors printed a single phrase on each page each highlighting one challenge that the Middle Eastern country is facing. Bankruptcies, currency instability, high pollution...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW IRAQ & SYRIA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/41901c3f-ab12-4410-9a9f-713dd06e0683.png"] Exponential Radicalization Thousands of displaced wives and children of the vanquished Islamic State now live in the sprawling al-Hawl refugee camp in northeastern Syria. They lived through a horrific period of Middle Eastern history that Reuters described as dating back to the...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW TURKEY [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/7690ac2f-dd96-41b5-a42f-055b31e06d65.png"] Missile Diplomacy US-backed Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria are in retreat. As the BBC explained, the troops pulled back from areas along the Turkish border as part of an agreement between US and Turkish leaders. Turkey considers the Kurdish forces in Syria to be an...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW IRAQ [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/33937638-6eed-4550-afae-cdf6ed1357a6.png"] Bombs and Potholes Sangar Khaleel was a Mosul resident who became a fixer – a journalistic term referring to an assistant or interpreter – for reporters covering the Iraqi government’s fight against Islamic State. Two years after the militants’ defeat, the northern Iraqi...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW SYRIA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/a0fb995d-af7e-4394-ad02-ecc76a056a44.png"] From the Rubble The Syrian Civil War was hard on Aleppo. “In the Old City’s labyrinthine markets, where government troops and rebel groups fought it out, shuttered shops are riddled with bullet-holes,” reported the New Humanitarian, a news agency that reports on crises. “The...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/c9165995-fdc4-4263-b05a-d1c174afcb39.png"] Careful What You Wish For A power-sharing agreement recently enacted between the Sudanese military and protesters has instilled hope among Arab democracy advocates. The agreement comes after the military ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in April after 30 years in...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW SAUDI ARABIA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/6d96543a-ef9b-4c9c-8184-bf756542bee6.png"] What You See… Saudi Arabia is selling permanent residency status for $213,000. A one-year residency option costs around $27,000. The fees are designed to break down barriers to foreign investment. The idea came from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who estimated it would...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW ISRAEL AND PALESTINE [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/02b379cb-8cb1-4b6b-bef1-f28d0671f09c.png"] What Money Can’t Buy US President Donald Trump is “very fond” of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, reported the Jerusalem Post recently, quoting senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner. The affinity between the two leaders could help Kushner convince Abbas to reconsider...
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