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A Palestinian schoolboy walks past a mural depicting captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in the Gaza Strip (Ismail Zaydah/Courtesy Reuters)
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A Palestinian schoolboy walks past a mural depicting captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in the Gaza Strip (Ismail Zaydah/Courtesy Reuters)
Egyptian security forces stand guard at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip (Ismail Zaydah/Courtesy Reuters)
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. Check out the picture of “Father Time” above. As we bid goodbye to 2010 and say hello to 2011, it is time for that great American pastime of lists: “Best of…,” “Worst of…” “Most Influential…”, and “ Most Important…” of 2010.
Here’s my take for the seven (I couldn’t think of 10) most important stories in the Middle East this year, in no particular order:
On From the Potomac to the Euphrates, Cook provides a lens for viewing how debates about Mideast policy in Washington connect to the region, with a special focus on Egypt and Turkey.
This article originally appeared here on ForeignPolicy.com on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. I hope you find it interesting and look…
My friend, Karim Mezran, weighs in with a guest post today on an under-reported meeting between a prominent Libyan Islamist…
Yesterday there were two interesting Syria pieces in the Sunday papers. The Washington Post ran a story by Liz Sly—who, by…
Before there was Mohamed Bouazizi there was Khaled Said. The official “We Are All Khaled Said” Facebook page that helped instigate the…
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