Staff / TruthdigFeb 3, 2011
What's happening in the streets of Cairo and elsewhere around Egypt is likely to lead to substantial changes in that country that could well be contagious across the region. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigFeb 1, 2011
The Obama administration has done a creditable job of gently edging Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak toward some sort of gilded exile. Now it's time to push. Hard. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 26, 2011
The recent Tunisian uprising has apparently had an effect on nearby Egyptians, as thousands took to the Internet and then to the streets of Cairo and around Egypt on Tuesday to demonstrate against President Hosni Mubarak's long-standing government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Juan Cole / TruthdigJan 18, 2011
Every state and movement in the Middle East is reading into the events in Tunisia its own anxieties and aspirations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 3, 2009
Despite the fact that only two cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the region, the top stories around the Middle East have been about the H1N1 threat -- even to the point of edging out reports of violence in Iraq in the news lineup. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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