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    3 Books For What Little Time We Have Left (Part II)

    MARCH 2, 2013 4:55PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: technology, television, politics, family, environment, belief/religion, 1989, 1968, 1913, 1848, gutenberg bible, revolution, anarchists, occupy wall street, the arab spring, the connected generation, the worldwide web, memes, tweets, twitter, instant messages, facebook, the internet

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    • 21 Ratings
    • 7024 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Republicans Set to Repeat 1964 Disaster?

    AUGUST 27, 2012 9:47AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: john birch society, young americans for freedom, peace corps, students for democratic society, freedomworks, town hall disruptions, sarah palin, crane brinton, revolution, partisanship, social conservatives, tea party, washington establishment, political polarization, anti-communism, olympia snowe, the syndicate, 1964 election, republican convention, moderates, geoffrey kabaservice, conservative movement, right wing, establishment republicans, nelson rockefeller, tom hayden, communism, jr., william f. buckley, national review, william rusher, extremism, barry goldwater, republican party, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1272 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Free Syria Flag - Colors of the Arab Spring

    AUGUST 6, 2012 2:53PM

    By Darrell Rivers


    Topics: flags, flag, syria, free syria, assad, defect, arab spring, syrian, damascus, revolution

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1626 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Suleiman: The Spymaster Who Came in From the Cold?

    JULY 19, 2012 5:17PM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: omar suleiman, egypt, revolution, tahrir, martyrs, mubarak, morsi, parliament, military, court, january 25, muslim brotherhood, mohamed baradei, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1282 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Military Coup in Egypt: Back to the Future

    JUNE 14, 2012 5:30PM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: politics, egypt, islamist, muslim brotherhood, january 25, revolution, mubarak, ahmed shafiq, tantawi, coup, military

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 1800 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Virginity Test... of the Egyptian military

    MAY 15, 2012 10:07AM

    By ahmediatv


    Topics: virginity test, arab spring, scaf, youth revolution, women activists, egypt, revolution, sexism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1765 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    The Egyptian Feminist's Dilemma: Mona Eltahawy

    APRIL 29, 2012 5:19PM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: mona eltahawy, egypt, feminism, foreign policy magazine, islam, misogny, revolution, mubarak, riot police, why do they hate us, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1334 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Egypt's Soccer Ultras: Revolution Gone Wrong

    FEBRUARY 2, 2012 7:46AM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: politics, battle of the camel, revolution, mubarak, port said, ahli, ultras, soccer, egypt

    • Editor's Pick
    • 75 Ratings
    • 4975 Views
    • 119 Comments
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    99% - Portraits of "We the People"

    OCTOBER 11, 2011 10:01AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: photography, stephen colbert, colbert, images, photographs, protest, occupy oakland, oakland, photos, occupy san francisco, politics, occupy movement, revolution, protest, san francisco, wall street, occupy wall street, 99%

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2204 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Turkey and Egypt: A Long History in Danger of Repeating

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 11:01AM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: turkey, egypt, revolution, erdogan, bonaparte, napoleon, mamluke, ottoman, january 25th, tahrir, mehemet ali, belief/religion, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1128 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Mubarak on Trial: Reading Color-coded Prison Garb

    AUGUST 4, 2011 9:56AM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: politics, tahrir square, revolution, khaled said, rupert murdoch, mubarak sons, el-adly, qaddafi, jail, mubarak

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 2341 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    The Glamorous Face of Tyranny: Asmaa Assad with Brad Pitt

    APRIL 22, 2011 9:42PM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: brad pitt, gamal mubarak, susan mubarak, hosni mubarak, abdullah of jordan, queen rania, revolution, ben ali, syria, egypt, tunisia, saddam, politics, glamor, vogue, asmaa al-assad, bashar al-assad

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2241 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Mubaraks in Jail: My Memories of Torah Prison

    APRIL 21, 2011 11:33AM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: tahrir square, revolution, nasser, sadat, torah prison, jail, mubarak

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1328 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Twitter: The technology everyone uses but so many hate

    MARCH 22, 2011 9:10AM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: news, science, writer, writing, revolution, egypt, facebook, internet, business, social networking, technology, twitter

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 978 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Was Al Qaeda's Obituary Written in Tahrir Square?

    MARCH 9, 2011 4:03PM

    By Hesham A. Hassaballa


    Topics: kharijites, violence, muslims, islam, obituary, egypt, protests, revolution, tahrir, al qaeda

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1448 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Back to Cairo: Welcome to (the new) Egypt!

    MARCH 3, 2011 1:19AM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: politics, middle eastbelief/religion, uprising, revolution, tahrir square, protests, mubarak, riots, egypt, cairo, arabs' 1848, thomas friedman

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 838 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    You Snooze, You Lose

    FEBRUARY 16, 2011 6:17PM

    By Reiko Eoh


    Topics: middle_east, news, politics, cartoon_saturday, egypt, protests, osama_bin_laden, revolution, people_power

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 591 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Egypt's Future: Success Factors ... then what?

    FEBRUARY 9, 2011 4:58PM

    By prismguard


    Topics: peter weiss, leda and the swan, w b yeats, revolution, american middle-east policy, despot, 2008 obama campaign, twitter, generation techs, newspapers v tv, medium is the message, mccluhan, nicolae ceasucescu, overthrow of government, marat-sade blog in november 2010, chicago convention, military support, control of the media, literacy, el salvador, nicaragua, president obama, mubarak

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1079 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Tahrir Square: the Revolution this Time

    FEBRUARY 9, 2011 9:41AM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: politics, facebook, khaled sa'eed, emergency laws, police brutality, omar soleiman, mubarak, revolution, egypt, cairo, tahrir square

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 943 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Tahrir Square: a Coptic-Muslim Mass

    FEBRUARY 7, 2011 2:37AM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: tantawi politics, patriarch shenouda, coptic, mubarak, revolution, egypt, cairo, tahrir square

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