Daily Links 09/01/2014

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• National AAUP Adds Heft to Salaita Case vs. UIUC - Tenured Radical - The Chronicle of Higher Education

• Scotland's complicity with empire does not disqualify it from independence | Pankaj Mishra | Comment is free | The Guardian

• الرقابة تحتجز ثلاث كتب لـ«دار التنوير» بينها أحد أعمال نصر حامد أبو زيد | جريدة البداية

• Rebuilding Gaza will take 20 years, group says - Yahoo News

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• Dans le monde arabe, les femmes sont le sexe fort des universités | Slate.fr

• With Gaza war over, massive reconstruction awaits - Diplomacy and Defense Israel News | Haaretz

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• Bahrain: Courageous Human Rights Defender Maryam Al-Khawaja Arrested in Bahrain; Could Face Lengthy Prison Sentence | Bahrain Center for Human Rights

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• How freedom of speech was crushed during Protective Edge | +972 Magazine

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• Illinois Revoked Job Offer After Professor Criticized Israel - NYTimes.com

• Open letter to Chancellor Phyllis Wise - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

• Christopher Kennedy Speaks on the Salaita Firing | The Academe Blog

• Activists: Unqualified company tasked with restoration of Egypt's oldest pyramid | Egypt Independent

• Threats of blackmail should not stop Palestinians seeking justice | The National

• Rebels Reportedly Seize Part Of U.S. Embassy Compound In Tripoli : The Two-Way : NPR

• 15 Essential Films For An Introduction To Iranian Cinema « Taste Of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

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• Bahrain arrests top human rights activist - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

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• BBC News - Iraqi forces 'reach besieged Amerli'

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• Iraq's Sunnis ready to fight IS group - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

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• What's behind the spike in Saudi beheadings? - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

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• Two more decapitated bodies found in North Sinai - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• State Policies on Mosques’ Administration Violate Freedom of Religion and Serve the Long-term Vision of Conservative Islamist Movements | Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

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• New campaign aims to call attention to slum living conditions | Cairo Post

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• Road crash kills 10 east of Cairo - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• 'A merger between Wafd and Sabahi's coalition is a matter of time,' says Sadat - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• Egypt extends deadline for NGOs to register or face investigation - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• Egyptian government serves political Islam: EIPR - Daily News Egypt

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• Mourners chant ‘down with military rule’ during Seif El-Islam’s memorial - Daily News Egypt

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• Rights watchdog: Tuesday could mark end of civil society in Egypt | Mada Masr

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• Zamalek Ultras Face Terror Charges

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• How Israeli media obscures Palestinian humanity | +972 Magazine

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Activists: Unqualified company tasked with restoration of #Egypt's oldest pyramid | Egypt Independent http://t.co/00la21h3MC

Activists: Unqualified company tasked with restoration of #Egypt's oldest pyramid | Egypt Independent http://t.co/00la21h3MC

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 31, 2014

Two more decapitated bodies found in North Sinai - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/7WRBfyYN8g

Two more decapitated bodies found in North Sinai - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/7WRBfyYN8g

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 31, 2014

New campaign aims to call attention to slum living conditions | #Egypt http://t.co/V3bskHntwI

New campaign aims to call attention to slum living conditions | #Egypt http://t.co/V3bskHntwI

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 31, 2014

Road crash kills 10 east of Cairo - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/E01UXcFFtX

Road crash kills 10 east of Cairo - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/E01UXcFFtX

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 31, 2014

'A merger between Wafd and Sabahi's coalition is a matter of time,' says Sadat - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/Zt5C5Eiyuj

'A merger between Wafd and Sabahi's coalition is a matter of time,' says Sadat - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/Zt5C5Eiyuj

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 31, 2014

#Egypt extends deadline for NGOs to register or face investigation - Ahram Online http://t.co/1Fa8isVb79

#Egypt extends deadline for NGOs to register or face investigation - Ahram Online http://t.co/1Fa8isVb79

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 31, 2014

Egyptian government serves political Islam: @EIPR - #Egypt http://t.co/pgp7dXH7Ea

Egyptian government serves political Islam: @EIPR - #Egypt http://t.co/pgp7dXH7Ea

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 31, 2014

Mourners chant ‘down with military rule’ during Seif El-Islam’s memorial - #Egypt http://t.co/nVN2r4Drro

Mourners chant ‘down with military rule’ during Seif El-Islam’s memorial - #Egypt http://t.co/nVN2r4Drro

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 31, 2014

Rights watchdog: Tuesday could mark end of civil society in #Egypt | @MadaMasr http://t.co/CHbutTR6Yb

Rights watchdog: Tuesday could mark end of civil society in #Egypt | @MadaMasr http://t.co/CHbutTR6Yb

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 31, 2014

#Egypt: Zamalek Ultras Face Terror Charges http://t.co/kVhXM1124V

#Egypt: Zamalek Ultras Face Terror Charges http://t.co/kVhXM1124V

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 31, 2014

Daily Links 08/31/2014

• A Meditation on Violent Language: Professor's Impassioned Tweets vs The University Memo | Lennard Davis

• Rickets returns as poor families find healthy diets unaffordable | Society | The Observer

• Paddy Ashdown slams 'kneejerk' Tory response to jihadi terror threat | Politics | The Observer

• This Is How People In The Middle East Are Making Fun Of ISIS

• From Gaza with the worst news: Orphaned while at college in America | Al Jazeera America

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• Ahmed Seif, Who Was Tortured in Egypt and Became Rights Defender, Dies at 63 - NYTimes.com

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• The US government can brand you a terrorist based on a Facebook post. We can't let them make up the rules | Arjun Sethi | Comment is free | theguardian.com

• Amnesty International | From bad to worse: Looming deadline compounds Egyptian NGOs’ woes

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• Message From Human Rights Defender Maryam al-Khawaja

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• Jordan King given further exclusive powers - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

• Fire destroys more than 50 shops in Cairo's Shubra - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• Egypt's schools to open on time, unlike universities - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• Dar al-Ifta prohibits chatting between strangers of the opposite sex | Mada Masr

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• Badie and 7 others sentenced to life, 6 others sentenced to death | Mada Masr

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Amnesty International | From bad to worse: Looming deadline compounds #Egypt NGOs’ woes http://t.co/IioYH818KQ

Amnesty International | From bad to worse: Looming deadline compounds #Egypt NGOs’ woes http://t.co/IioYH818KQ

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 30, 2014

Fire destroys more than 50 shops in Cairo's Shubra - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/rsSwl870Fe

Fire destroys more than 50 shops in Cairo's Shubra - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/rsSwl870Fe

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 30, 2014

#Egypt's schools to open on time, unlike universities - Ahram Online http://t.co/OBCIzR9AzS

#Egypt's schools to open on time, unlike universities - Ahram Online http://t.co/OBCIzR9AzS

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 30, 2014

Dar al-Ifta prohibits chatting between strangers of the opposite sex | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/FHnznWa2Nm

Dar al-Ifta prohibits chatting between strangers of the opposite sex | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/FHnznWa2Nm

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 30, 2014

Badie and 7 others sentenced to life, 6 others sentenced to death | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/zzVCb4n17H

Badie and 7 others sentenced to life, 6 others sentenced to death | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/zzVCb4n17H

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 30, 2014

Daily Links 08/30/2014

• AAUP 'deeply concerned' over Salaita | News-Gazette.com

• Palestinian minister: investigate foreign citizens serving in Israel's army | World news | theguardian.com

• U. of Illinois Sees Growing Criticism of Its Handling of Salaita Case – The Ticker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

• New book reveals top-secret collusion between Israel, US during twenty years of “peace talks” | The Electronic Intifada

• Since Islamic State swept into Mosul, we live encircled by its dark fear | Laila Ahmed | Comment is free | The Guardian

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• Cairo: City of Walls » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

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• Egypt's tourism revenue falls 95% after political upheavals | World news | theguardian.com

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• Students could be expelled for criticizing President Sisi | Mada Masr

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• A UN watchdog released a report on racism in the U.S. and we are not doing well - Salon.com

• At least 81 nationalities are fighting in Syria - The Washington Post

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• Another department votes no confidence in UI trustees, Wise | News-Gazette.com

• The top 10 ways to mess with political scientists - The Washington Post

• AAUP Takes UIUC to Task for Apparent Summary Dismissal | AAUP

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  claudemonet-art: Road of La Roche-Guyon, 1880 Claude Monet | August 29, 2014 at 02:09PM

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  andywarhol-art: Campbell’s Soup Can (Tomato/Pink), 1968 Andy Warhol | August 29, 2014 at 01:46PM

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  jeromeof: Boatyard near Honfleur - Claude Monet | August 29, 2014 at 01:22PM

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• Ahmad Seif el-Islam Hamad: Egypt loses a tireless champion of human rights | Amnesty International

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• US rendition survivors urge Obama to declassify torture report | World news | theguardian.com

• Ahmed Seif al-Islam Hamad, Pioneering Rights Lawyer, Mourned by Egyptian Activists - NYTimes.com

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• Egypt evicting Rafah residents to create a buffer zone - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

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• Natalie Zemon Davis "Gets" Twitter, Supports Steven Salaita - Tenured Radical - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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  oldbookillustrations: The west end of the nave. John Preston Neale, from The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peter, Westminster vol. 2, by Edward Wedlake Brayley, London, 1818. (Source: archive.org) | August 29, 2014 at 12:59PM

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  vintagegal: Jane Greer c. 1940’s | August 29, 2014 at 12:36PM

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  retrogasm: Natalie Wood | August 29, 2014 at 12:12PM

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  Ann Sothern at the Port of Los Angeles, 1936 | August 29, 2014 at 11:48AM

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  oldbookillustrations: View in Edward the Confessor’s chapel. John Preston Neale, from The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peter, Westminster vol. 2, by Edward Wedlake Brayley, London, 1818. (Source: archive.org) | August 29, 201...

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  retrogasm: Karloff, Boris - Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | August 29, 2014 at 11:02AM

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  mepenelope: Faye Dunaway for “The Thomas Crown Affair”, 1968. | August 29, 2014 at 10:14AM

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  Jane Greer photographed by Ernest Bachrach, 1947 | August 29, 2014 at 09:51AM

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  mimbeau: Roger Schall Paris 1930s | August 29, 2014 at 09:27AM

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  lottereinigerforever: Sharon Tate | August 29, 2014 at 09:03AM

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  kinoscript: Jeanne Moreau in EVA - Joseph Losey (1962) | August 29, 2014 at 08:40AM

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  wonderingaboutitall: After The Rain - William Merritt Chase | August 29, 2014 at 08:17AM

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  wehadfacesthen: Gena Rowlands on the set of The Spiral Road, 1962, photographed by Leo Fuchs | August 29, 2014 at 07:53AM

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  kitschandretro: It’s new, it’s blue, and apparently quite fun to pour over your hand. If you need to wash any clothes, you might want to buy a second box. | August 29, 2014 at 07:29AM

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  sala66: Anouk AImée en “Lola”, 1961 | August 29, 2014 at 07:06AM

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  livelymorgue: June 3, 1953: “In the tramp of ten thousand marching feet the oldest among the spectators heard an echo of the might and majesty of the greatest empire that the world has ever known,” a breathless reporter for The New York Times wrot...

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  afp-photo: RAFAH : Relatives mourn during the funeral of two brothers 16-year-old Omar and 12-year-old Mohammed Breem, who were killed by an Israeli airstrike yesterday ahead of long-term truce agreed between Israel and the Palestinians, in Khan Y...

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  dorisdayyy: Joan Fontaine - Photo by Frank Powolny | August 29, 2014 at 05:55AM

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  jellobiafrasays: 4 cents (usa, 1960) | August 29, 2014 at 05:32AM

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  gueule-de-loupviolette: Warren Beatty et Faye Dunaway dans “Bonnie and Clyde”,1967. | August 29, 2014 at 05:08AM

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  whilecinemavisionsdancedinmyhead: Ocean’s Eleven (1960) | August 29, 2014 at 04:21AM

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• After journalist killings, potential violations in Gaza must be investigated - Committee to Protect Journalists

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• Bookless library opened by new US university | Books | theguardian.com

• Iraqi Town Holds out Against Militant Juggernaut - ABC News

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• BBC News - Syria conflict: UN says more than 3m have fled war

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• Egypt's prisons still rife with torture - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

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• BBC News - Iraq crisis: Sunni rebels 'ready to turn on Islamic State'

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• Top of British society is a racket for the privileged | Owen Jones | Comment is free | The Guardian

• Sanaa Seif, jailed daughter of late rights lawyer, joins hunger strike - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• Protester against Israel's land theft remains jailed -- four months after arrest | The Electronic Intifada

• Some Israelis find the name 'Turkish coffee' too bitter to swallow - National Israel News | Haaretz

• Q&A: Fatih Akin Discusses His New Film ‘The Cut’ - NYTimes.com

• Hunger makes Quebec Inuit shorter than average: study - North - CBC News

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Cairo: City of Walls » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names http://t.co/sivPInZqgI #Egypt

Cairo: City of Walls » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names http://t.co/sivPInZqgI #Egypt

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 30, 2014

#Egypt's tourism revenue falls 95% after political upheavals http://t.co/p3ppg0Fous

#Egypt's tourism revenue falls 95% after political upheavals http://t.co/p3ppg0Fous

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 30, 2014

Students could be expelled for criticizing President Sisi | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/sCXlKzNz3G

Students could be expelled for criticizing President Sisi | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/sCXlKzNz3G

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 30, 2014

Ahmad Seif el-Islam Hamad: #Egypt loses a tireless champion of human rights | Amnesty International http://t.co/ND11ciFXYi

Ahmad Seif el-Islam Hamad: #Egypt loses a tireless champion of human rights | Amnesty International http://t.co/ND11ciFXYi

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 29, 2014

Ahmed Seif al-Islam Hamad, Pioneering Rights Lawyer, Mourned by #Egypt Activists - http://t.co/CowmXZUhdR http://t.co/HQ12iSotE0

Ahmed Seif al-Islam Hamad, Pioneering Rights Lawyer, Mourned by #Egypt Activists - http://t.co/CowmXZUhdR http://t.co/HQ12iSotE0

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 29, 2014

#Egypt evicting Rafah residents to create a buffer zone - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East http://t.co/gpSjDCQ0ib

#Egypt evicting Rafah residents to create a buffer zone - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East http://t.co/gpSjDCQ0ib

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 29, 2014

#Egypt's prisons still rife with torture - Al Jazeera English http://t.co/3u8tSQ9VxT

#Egypt's prisons still rife with torture - Al Jazeera English http://t.co/3u8tSQ9VxT

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 29, 2014

Sanaa Seif, jailed daughter of late rights lawyer, joins hunger strike - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/4XJRX6leIM

Sanaa Seif, jailed daughter of late rights lawyer, joins hunger strike - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/4XJRX6leIM

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 29, 2014

Daily Links 08/29/2014

• Philosophy department weighs in: No confidence | News-Gazette.com

• Illinois’s Philosophy Dept. Declares No Confidence in University Leaders – The Ticker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

• Why the ‘Unhiring’ of Steven Salaita Is a Threat to Academic Freedom | The Nation

• Captives held by Islamic State were waterboarded - The Washington Post

• Mass arrests outside White House as protesters ask relief for illegal imigrants - The Washington Post

• Sanna Sai Joins the Hunger Strike of the Prisoners in Egypt | Arab Network For Human Rights Information

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• A week in photos: Beyond ceasefire | +972 Magazine

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• Egypt deports Palestinian Syrians back to conflict zones - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

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• Hundreds bid farewell to iconic human rights lawyer Ahmed Seif | Mada Masr

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• Accusations of massacre at Cairo's elite club as hundreds of stray cats killed | World news | theguardian.com

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• Egyptian activists, loved ones bid "the lawyer of the revolution" Seif El-Islam farewell - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• Academic year at Egyptian universities delayed two weeks: Minister - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• Hot night, dark city: How Egyptians cope with power cuts - Features - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• Toronto based researcher works to preserve ancient Syriac inscriptions - The Globe and Mail

• BBC News - Syria conflict: UN peacekeepers held in Golan Heights

• The Iraq War Was a Smashing Success

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• We need to work with revolutionary forces, not just the Brotherhood: Wasat Party - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• Why the Salaita Firing Violates University of Illinois Statutes | The Academe Blog

• Iraqi Christians Weigh Taking Up Arms Against the Islamic State

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• Amnesty issues action alert on NGO bill | Mada Masr

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• Prosecutor orders release of 40 Cairo University students detained for past 8 months | Mada Masr

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• PHOTO GALLERY: Egyptian activists on hunger strike, behind bars - Who's Who? - Multimedia - Ahram Online

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• Lawsuit to ban Facebook and Twitter for security concerns | Mada Masr

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• When the state dictates reactions to the killing of Palestinian children | +972 Magazine

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  20th-century-man: Cliff House, San Francisco, early 1950’s. | August 28, 2014 at 11:25AM

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  Gene Tierney, 1944 | August 28, 2014 at 11:02AM

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  Ann Sheridan, 1934 | August 28, 2014 at 10:38AM

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  Lauren Bacall, 1944 | August 28, 2014 at 10:14AM

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  gatabella: Greta Garbo, Queen Christina | August 28, 2014 at 09:51AM

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  geisterseher: Maria E Ward, Bicycling for Ladies (1896) | August 28, 2014 at 09:03AM

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  Joan Bennett photographed by George Hurrell. | August 28, 2014 at 08:40AM

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  enchantedsleeper: Cinderella, Edmund Dulac | August 28, 2014 at 08:17AM

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  honeyparty: Pierre Bonnard Landscape in Normandy 1920 | August 28, 2014 at 07:53AM

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  retrogirly: Jean Simmons, 1954 | August 28, 2014 at 07:29AM

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  transistoradio: Jusepe de Ribera (1590-1652), Aristotle (1637), oil on canvas, 39 x 49 inches. Collection of Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Via IMA. | August 28, 2014 at 07:06AM

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  onceuponatown: New York: Toy Show, Madison Sq. Garden. 1908. | August 28, 2014 at 06:42AM

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  voxsart: 1966. Michael Caine. | August 28, 2014 at 06:19AM

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  talent-only: Salvador Dalí and Raquel Welch | August 28, 2014 at 05:55AM

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  vincentvangogh-art: Apricot Trees in Blossom, 1888 Vincent van Gogh | August 28, 2014 at 05:32AM

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  retrogirly: Grace Kelly, 1954 | August 28, 2014 at 05:08AM

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  oldbookillustrations: Puck: How now, spirit! Wither wander you? William Heath Robinson, from A midsummer-night’s dream, by William Shakespeare, New York, 1914. (Source: archive.org) | August 28, 2014 at 04:45AM

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  barbarastanwyck: Norma Shearer in The Divorcee, 1930 | August 28, 2014 at 04:21AM

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  overdose-art: Edgar Degas • Blue Dancers • 1880 | August 28, 2014 at 03:58AM

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  Sharon Tate photographed for Valley of the Dolls, 1967. | August 28, 2014 at 03:34AM

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  msmildred: Raquel Welch | August 28, 2014 at 03:11AM

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• Elizabeth Warren finally speaks on Israel/Gaza, sounds like Netanyahu - The Intercept

• The Americans left me on Iraq's Mount Sinjar. I just want to be lifted out | Abu Sulaiman | Comment is free | theguardian.com

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• Egypt’s NGOs under threat: rights groups - Daily News Egypt

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• Egypt Probes Video of Alleged Police Abuse of Bloodied Corpse - Bloomberg

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• BREAKING: Al-Wasat party withdraws from Brotherhood alliance - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• N*ggergate: Youm7 in Racist Headline Shame

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• Salaita v. University of Illinois: The Constitutional Issues | Brian Leiter

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Sanaa Saif Joins the Hunger Strike of the Prisoners in #Egypt | Arab Network For Human Rights Information http://t.co/NOIkdeclCn

Sanaa Saif Joins the Hunger Strike of the Prisoners in #Egypt | Arab Network For Human Rights Information http://t.co/NOIkdeclCn

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

Important piece by @tomwrollins... #Egypt deports Palestinian Syrians back to conflict zones - Al-Monitor http://t.co/57cU50yFU3

Important piece by @tomwrollins... #Egypt deports Palestinian Syrians back to conflict zones - Al-Monitor http://t.co/57cU50yFU3

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

Hundreds bid farewell to iconic human rights lawyer Ahmed Seif | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/ZygpCxqajf

Hundreds bid farewell to iconic human rights lawyer Ahmed Seif | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/ZygpCxqajf

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

Accusations of massacre at Cairo's elite club as hundreds of stray cats killed | #Egypt | http://t.co/kjdT1ytnK7 http://t.co/UqHPiAkUPV

Accusations of massacre at Cairo's elite club as hundreds of stray cats killed | #Egypt | http://t.co/kjdT1ytnK7 http://t.co/UqHPiAkUPV

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

Egyptian activists, loved ones bid "the lawyer of the revolution" Seif El-Islam farewell - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/iNJTXD1zXj

Egyptian activists, loved ones bid "the lawyer of the revolution" Seif El-Islam farewell - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/iNJTXD1zXj

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

Academic year at Egyptian universities delayed two weeks: Minister - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/eoaeolEMKR

Academic year at Egyptian universities delayed two weeks: Minister - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/eoaeolEMKR

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

Hot night, dark city: How Egyptians cope with power cuts - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/bPYsk3U1Eb

Hot night, dark city: How Egyptians cope with power cuts - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/bPYsk3U1Eb

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

We need to work with revolutionary forces, not just the Brotherhood: Wasat Party - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/lwbKi7vKay

We need to work with revolutionary forces, not just the Brotherhood: Wasat Party - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/lwbKi7vKay

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

Amnesty issues action alert on NGO bill | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/SAeVJzMc5A

Amnesty issues action alert on NGO bill | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/SAeVJzMc5A

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

Prosecutor orders release of 40 Cairo University students detained for past 8 months | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/dusT7CYDlv

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#Egypt activists on hunger strike, behind bars - Who's Who? - Ahram Online http://t.co/zhTx6iZj1z

#Egypt activists on hunger strike, behind bars - Who's Who? - Ahram Online http://t.co/zhTx6iZj1z

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

Lawsuit to ban Facebook and Twitter for security concerns | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/dhj7xdVLBA

Lawsuit to ban Facebook and Twitter for security concerns | #Egypt @MadaMasr http://t.co/dhj7xdVLBA

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

#Egypt’s NGOs under threat: rights groups - Daily News Egypt http://t.co/gkTzNraiSL

#Egypt’s NGOs under threat: rights groups - Daily News Egypt http://t.co/gkTzNraiSL

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

#Egypt Probes Video of Alleged Police Abuse of Bloodied Corpse - Bloomberg http://t.co/TydAumNLeo

#Egypt Probes Video of Alleged Police Abuse of Bloodied Corpse - Bloomberg http://t.co/TydAumNLeo

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

BREAKING: Al-Wasat party withdraws from Brotherhood alliance - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/Zm80IzEtfa

BREAKING: Al-Wasat party withdraws from Brotherhood alliance - #Egypt - Ahram Online http://t.co/Zm80IzEtfa

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

#Egypt: Youm7 in Racist Headline Shame http://t.co/4ARJS3qMvC

#Egypt: Youm7 in Racist Headline Shame http://t.co/4ARJS3qMvC

— Paul Sedra (@sedgate) August 28, 2014

Daily Links 08/28/2014

• “These are war crimes,” says father of Gaza family wiped out by Israeli airstrike | The Electronic Intifada

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• Online fraud to auction ‘copies’ of ancient Egyptian antiquities | Cairo Post

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• Police blame El-Shater's son-in-law for Cairo militant group - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• Prosecution hears testimony of Gezira Club manager over ‘stray cats massacre’ | Cairo Post

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• Store owners strike over new tariff in Port Said | Mada Masr

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• Egypt probes Morsi for 'giving security papers to Qatar': MENA - Yahoo News

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• Egypt to Build EGP80 Billion Airport City

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• Egypt and Sudan inaugurate new border crossing | Mada Masr

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• Syrian rebels seize border crossing into Israel-held Golan Heights - LA Times

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• Ahmed Seif el-Islam, leading light of Egypt human rights, has died | World news | theguardian.com

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• WFP sends first aid convoy through Rafah since 2007 | Mada Masr

  tags: gaza

• The Egyptian state: ‘The only leader’ - Daily News Egypt

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• Is it time for Egypt's new capital city? - Egypt - Ahram Online

  tags: egypt cairo

• Chancellor Wise, why not accept the scholarly inquiry of your colleagues over the politicized judgment of Salaita's critics?

• College course syllabi: They’re too long, and they’re a symbol of the decline and fall of American higher ed.

• Yazidis still stranded on Mount Sinjar: 'We need weapons now more than food or water' | World | The Guardian

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  centuriespast: DEGAS, Edgar Studies of Café Concert Singers 1878-80 Pastel and charcoal on grey paper, 46 x 58 cm | August 27, 2014 at 01:46PM

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  vintagechampagnefever: Gloria Grahame | August 27, 2014 at 01:22PM

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• Egypt's President Will Head to US in September - ABC News

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• What Egypt lost in the Al Jazeera trial - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

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• Professors’ Pet Peeves » Sociological Images

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  Yvonne de Carlo, 1940s | August 27, 2014 at 12:59PM

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  amare-habeo: Henry Moore (British, 1898 - 1986) Ideas for sculpture - “Seated and standing figures”, 1942 | August 27, 2014 at 12:35PM

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• Egypt's nascent street art movement under pressure - Index on Censorship | Index on Censorship

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  Rita Hayworth at her dressing room, circa 1941. | August 27, 2014 at 12:12PM

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• This war was not a war, it was a massacre – Mondoweiss

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• I Figured Out Why I Hate the Ice Bucket Challenge | TIME

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  whilecinemavisionsdancedinmyhead: Nights of Cabiria (1957) | August 27, 2014 at 11:48AM

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  selectedcollecting: British Solomon Islands, Complete to 1951 GVI Mint, SG #1-72, D1-8, l.h. to o.g., fresh throughout, Dues complete, Fine to Very Fine. Scott #1-79, J1-9 $1,550. SG L1,311. Estimate $500-700. Lot condition * Dealer Harmer-Schau A...

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  wehadfacesthen: New York City, 1948, photo by Minor White | August 27, 2014 at 11:02AM

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  barbarastanwyck: Olivia de Havilland getting final touch ups on the set of Gone With the Wind, 1939 | August 27, 2014 at 10:38AM

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  lars134: Jimmy Stewart and Frank Capra promoting “It’s a Wonderful Life” in Texas | August 27, 2014 at 10:14AM

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  theraccolta: Postcard of St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans | August 27, 2014 at 09:51AM

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  finjigoga: Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931), “Portrait of Princess Marthe-Lucile Bibesco”, 1911. | August 27, 2014 at 09:27AM

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  colin-vian: Pablo Picasso | August 27, 2014 at 09:04AM

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  kafkasapartment: Broadway Convertible, N.Y.C., c. 1949. Louis Faurer. Gelatin silver print | August 27, 2014 at 08:40AM

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  wehadfacesthen: Manhattan skyline, 1947, photo by Andreas Feininger | August 27, 2014 at 08:17AM

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  Lauren Bacall │ To Have and Have Not, 1944 | August 27, 2014 at 07:53AM

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  oldbookillustrations: Oberon: And make him with fair Ægle break his faith. William Heath Robinson, frontispiece from A midsummer-night’s dream, by William Shakespeare, New York, 1914. (Source: archive.org) | August 27, 2014 at 07:30AM

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  retrogasm: George Bernard Shaw | August 27, 2014 at 07:06AM

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  overdose-art: William Blake • The Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun • 1804 | August 27, 2014 at 06:43AM

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  marypickfords: Joan Fontaine, 1940. | August 27, 2014 at 06:19AM

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  oldbookillustrations: Lysander:… And she, sweet lady, dotes, devoutly dotes, dotes in idolatry, Upon this spotted and inconstant man. William Heath Robinson, from A midsummer-night’s dream, by William Shakespeare, New York, 1914. (Source: archive....

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  oldbookillustrations: Egeus: This man hath bewitch’d the bosom of my child. William Heath Robinson, from A midsummer-night’s dream, by William Shakespeare, New York, 1914. (Source: archive.org) | August 27, 2014 at 05:32AM

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  grapnel: Suzanne Pleshette looking robustly splendid. | August 27, 2014 at 05:08AM

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  paulgauguin-art: Bathing, Dieppe, 1885 Paul Gauguin | August 27, 2014 at 04:45AM

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  thusreluctant: Avenue de l’Opéra, Morning Sunshine by Camille Pissarro | August 27, 2014 at 04:21AM

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• Road linking Egypt and Sudan opened - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

  tags: egypt

• In Employers’ Eyes, For-Profit Colleges are Equivalent to High School » Sociological Images

• Human rights lawyer Ahmed Seif dies at 63 | Mada Masr

  tags: egypt

• Why Israel’s bombardment of Gaza neighborhood left US officers ‘stunned’ | Al Jazeera America

  tags: gaza

• UN report on mass atrocities by ISIL in Syria

  tags: syria

• BBC News - Libya air strikes: Conflict linked to wider Middle East

  tags: libya

• In Pictures: Gaza celebrates long-term truce - In Pictures - Al Jazeera English

  tags: gaza

• What's in the Gaza peace deal? | News by Country | Reuters

  tags: gaza

• Egypt's protest law is same as US's: Egyptian minister - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• INTERVIEW-Wife of imprisoned aide to Egypt's Morsi brings case to UN - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• The state of the Imam | Mada Masr

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• Number of hunger-strikers grow - Daily News Egypt

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• Egypt to train Libyan police and army forces - Daily News Egypt

  tags: egypt libya

• Building and Development party condemns dissolution of Islamist parties - Daily News Egypt

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• Relief and bitterness mix as Gazans return to destroyed homes | News by Country | Reuters

  tags: gaza

• Prime minister says state is reclaiming Downtown | Mada Masr

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• The United Arab Emirates is to restore the MIA - Museums - Heritage - Ahram Online

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• BREAKING: Human rights activist Ahmed Seif El-Islam dies at 63 - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online

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• Students demonstrate; call on University to reinstate Salaita - The Daily Illini : News

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