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May 24, 2012 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Homosexuality tests on detainees a violation: HRW
The ongoing practice of performing invasive tests to determine homosexuality on the orders of the Lebanese judiciary is in contravention of international standards on prisoners, Human Rights Watch deputy director for the Middle East said during a debate on the subject Wednesday.
May 24, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Israelis cling to faith in peace treaty
Israel has watched its cold peace with Egypt turn frigid since the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak, but as Egyptians voted for a new leader this week, some Israeli officials said they believe the peace treaty between them is likely to endure no matter who wins.
May 23, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Egypt election: Women still face political challenges in post-Tahrir world
For Egyptian women, it was the most revolutionary image of all: male and female protesters spending days and nights together in Tahrir Square, bringing down a hated regime side by side — comrades in a country where women had long been plagued by masculine scorn and harassment.
May 23, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Opinion: Egypt elections: Sharia can support democracy
The role of Islam in government is a big question in today's presidential election in Egypt.
May 21, 2012 - The Australian
The Australian: Real reform for women a must in Muslim world
In the latest edition of Foreign Policy magazine, Muslim reformer Mona Eltahawy called for a genuine revolution in the Middle East. Unlike the Arab Spring, this one would release women from oppression. "First we stop pretending," she said. "Call out the hate for what it is."
May 21, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Egyptian women feel excluded, despite the promise of the revolution
After Egyptian women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in the protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak, many looked forward to a role in the revolution’s next steps.
May 20, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president.
May 20, 2012 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Egypt Elections: Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, the Irresistible Islamist
He’s on the move again. Abdel Moneim Abou el-Fotouh has finished one interview in a suite at the Movenpick hotel outside Cairo and now he’s squeezing his six-foot frame into a Volkswagen Passat to get to the next thing.
May 19, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: The fight over who fights in Israel
As the first chief rabbi for the modern state of Israel, Isaac Herzog helped persuade Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to exempt 400 ultra-Orthodox men from the draft so they could study full time in yeshivas.
May 18, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: For many in Egypt, the presidential vote is not about Islam
A mechanic hammered a fender and boys wandered amid tin and rust as Adham Bishr, his opinions flaring on an agitated afternoon along the Nile, said Egypt's next president should give him a job, not tell him how to worship God.
May 16, 2012 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Palestinians peacefully mark Nakba Day across Lebanon
Palestinians and their supporters peacefully commemorated the 64th anniversary of Nakba, or the catastrophe, Tuesday with a series of protests across the country, in stark contrast to the deadly events of last year.
May 15, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: In presidential bid, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood moves to harder line on Islamic law
At a campaign rally for the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate for president, a hardline cleric and TV preacher sang Mohammed Morsi’s praises before thousands massed in the stadium of an industrial city in Egypt’s Nile Delta.
May 12, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Coptic Christians fear rise of Islamists on eve of presidential elections
A year after an attack by ultraconservative Muslims raised the spectre of a wave of religious strife in Egypt, the Christian churches in Cairo’s Imbaba district have been repaired, with sturdy wooden rafters, fresh paint and portraits of the Virgin Mary and Jesus ready to be hung anew.
May 11, 2012 - USA Today
USA Today: Christians in Syria live in uneasy alliance with Assad, Alawites
Hani Sarhan is a Christian who says none of his relatives works with the regime of Bashar Assad or has anything to do with it.
May 11, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Culture war looms as Israel pledges to end ultra-Orthodox military exemptions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dramatically bolstered his ruling coalition this week with a unity deal meant to help him thwart challenges from fringe factions.
May 09, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Islamists expected to boost share in Algeria elections
Islamist parties are widely expected to extend their influence over North African politics on Thursday, when Algeria holds its first parliamentary elections since the Arab Spring uprisings.
May 09, 2012 - The Daily Star
Daily Star: Geagea: Christians must spearhead change
The Christians of the Middle East should not view with trepidation the turmoil engulfing the region over the past 18 months, Syria especially, but should instead seize the initiative to advance change and ensure communal survival, says Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.
May 06, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Islamist attacks saint’s tomb in Timbuktu
A new member of an Islamist group in north Mali attacked and burned a saint’s tomb classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Timbuktu, the spokesman for the group said Sunday.
May 05, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Opinion: How competition helped fuel the Arab Spring
As we pass the first anniversary of the Arab Spring, we still have questions about these historic convulsions.
May 05, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Egypt's generals wait in the wings as battle for democracy sours
There is a narrow footbridge overlooking the entrance to the ministry of defence in the Abbasiya district of Cairo. On Friday afternoon, this crowded bridge provided the best view of the frontline in the latest round of violent clashes between the army and demonstrators who suspect the country's ruling generals of wanting to hold on to power.
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