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16 – 23 February 2012
Newsletter - Issue No. 1
Arabist
A New Post Blog by Issandr El Amrani: A Point of
Clarification on US Aid to Egypt and Peace
with Israel
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Threat of 3rd Intifada, says UN Reporter
about Khader Adnan hunger strike
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Event Listings
Support Khader Adnan - Feb 24 at Cairo
Arab league near to Tahrir
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Gaza Youth Break Out
Khader Adnan will be free on the 17th of April.
He stopped his Hunger Strike.
Issa Qaraqe prisoners' minister confirms that Israel's Court decided to
release Khader Adnan after the end of his reign in 2 months.
Egypt
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Ahmad H. Aggour
The Egypt Parliament's role model is Saudi Arabia. People are still too naive to
notice.
I hope Mubarak gets a 'not guilty' for a verdict. Maybe people will wake the
fuck up and get back to the streets.
Salafist MP demands Egypt ban on porn sites
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Hany Rasmy
Katatni, McCain Discuss Egypt-US Relations
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Sherine Tadros
MccainEgypt issue of NGO came up in our meetings and we are confident
acceptable solution will be found
MccainEgypt the real issue is not about America it's about Egyptian and
Egyptian civil society groups and whether their rights respected
MccainEgypt we met with Tantawi who said he's
work diligently on the NGO issue
MccainEgypt US treats our Egyptian allies with
dignity and respect. We made mistakes in the
past with this relationship
MccainEgypt we approach issue of NGOs with
guarded optimism. It's not about making threats
(in ref to withholding aid)
Mohamed El Dahshan
Playing a dangerous game in Egypt
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Awesome info graphic about Hunger
Strikes. Feat. Khader Adnan, Leila Soueif
and other heroes of non-violent resist
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A.E.K
2500 Defected Syrian soldiers taking oath to topple Assad regime together
Watch It
Draft Constitution for the Syrian Arab Republic
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Dima Khatib
New Blog post: When Revolution
Reaches Your Neighborhood
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Samsom homs
Stunning photo from Homs after
the explosion of the oil pipeline
For more photos
Ahmed Al Omran
Live-tweeting the Uprising of Syria -
2/21:
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Zaid Benjamin
Syrian National Council Urges Egypt to Restrict Suez Canal Access to Ships
Carrying Arms RMS to the Syrian Government – Statement
Syrian National Council Says Coming to The View that Military Intervention is
the Only Solution for Syria.
Syria
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Mulham Al-Jundi
Sharing some real Photo from Homs in Syria , taken by my Camera
For More Photos
Shireen
Interactive map of events in Syria - 21/02/12:
Aleppo Damascus Daraa Hama Homs, Idlib Latakia Qamishli Raqqah
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Interactive map of events in Syria -20/02/12:
Damascus Daraa Hama Hasakah Homs Latakia Qamishli Raqqah
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Ahmed Al Omran
A new Blog Post by Ahmed Al Omran: Saudi, the “New Terrorism”
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Sultan Al Qassemi
Saudi hosts secret talks on Iran arms to Hezbollah, excludes Qatar
For the Full Report
Saudi Arabia
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Twitter users turn up heat on media to #CoverKhader
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Gaza Youth Break Out
February 21st General Strike in Solidarity with Khader Adnan
"As Khader Adnan enters his 66th day of hunger strike, protests are expected
to take place at the central squares in the cities and towns in the West Bank
(and hopefully Gaza), the same day that Israeli High Court hearing for his
case will be held in Jerusalem, at 3pm"
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Occupied Palestine
New Storify, Israel: Not looking for
Peace. Nor Talks. But this...
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ندای دانشجویان
The fall of one dictator, causes the
collapse of others
Sonja Jo
New blog post: Responsibility for the Lives
of Political Prisoners Lies with the
Highest Ranking Officials of
the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Read More (Part 2)
Palestinian
Iran
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Marc Owen Jones
Tear gas has reportedly been
a contributing factor in the
deaths of 24 people in
Bahrain since February 14th
2011
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M. K. Al-Binateej
Bahrain 21Feb Thousands
gathering at Al-Fateh Mosque.
21-02-2012 to demand to be heard
For more pictures
نون عربیه
Yemen is the only country in
the world that holds a one
man "election" and the result
of him winning is known
beforehand
The CCYRC = Coordinating
Council of the Youth Revolution of
Change (in Yemen) boycotted the
election
Yemen's president Saleh is out. But
real change remains elusive
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Bahrain
Yemen
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Hind Aleryani
Abdulkarim Al Eryani: There is a
consensus that the dominance of the
military and tribal sheiks that has
controlled the stage is now no longer
acceptable.
Tom Finn
For those of you wondering this is
what a one-man ballot paper looks
like
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The first anniversary of
the Feb20 protests in
Morocco
A year on, Morocco's
democracy movement
founders
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Morocco's resilient
protest movement
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Rabat:
Zineb Belmkaddem
Today's 20 FEB Rabat protest 4 1st movement anniversary starts at
4pm Bab Al-Itihad in Rabat
For More Photos
Morocco
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Casablanca:
Aida Alami
At sit-in in Casablanca 4 the anniversary of Feb20 I heard they're
staying all night. Guys praying.
Photos (1)
Photos (2)
Photos (3)
Marrakech:
Mohamed Amine Manar
https://twitter.com/#!/manaramine/status/171181604725727232/photo/1 &
https://twitter.com/#!/manaramine/status/171206905824428034/photo/1 &
https://twitter.com/#!/manaramine/status/171213111532072960/photo/1 &
https://twitter.com/#!/manaramine/status/171181604725727232/photo/1 &
https://twitter.com/#!/manaramine/status/171177148793634816/photo/1
Zeinobia
A New Blog Post by Zeinobia:
"Will 2012 be the year of the
Algiers revolution?"
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Algeria