All posts tagged middle east

  • Cartoon: Red Carpet Treatment

    “Geneva II Peace Conference in shambles before it even begins.” Political cartoonist Brandan Reynolds (South Africa) on the recent week-long Syria Peace Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland.

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  • Cover: The Arena's Shout
    The Arena’s Outcry

    This week Hamdy el-Gazzar introduces us to The Arena’s Shout, a new book that studies the lexicon of the Egyptian Revolution. The book examines 650 different slogans that were chanted by protestors gathered at Tahrir Square and other public places across Egypt.

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  • Cover: The Arena's Shout
    The Arena’s Outcry (Arabic Text)

    This week Hamdy el-Gazzar introduces us to The Arena’s Shout, a new book that studies the lexicon of the Egyptian Revolution. The book examines 650 different slogans that were chanted by protestors gathered at Tahrir Square and other public places across Egypt.

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  • Fernanda Lima
    Blind Protest

    When Iranian television censored the broadcast of the Brazil 2014 World Cup draw in last month due to host Fernanda Lima’s dress, soccer-crazed Iranian youth took to social media to express their anger – not towards the government censors but against the actress.

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