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Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer. 'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.' https://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n20/perry-anderson/diary

New Statesman – The truth about Egypt

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Palestinian killed after settlers open fire in West Bank village – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

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Global Voices · Egypt Protests 2011

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‭BBC ‮فارسی‬ – ‮جهان‬ – ‮برخورد ماموران پلیس با تظاهرکنندگان در شهرهای مصر‬

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Egypt’s Struggle for Freedom – By Yasser El-Shimy | Foreign Policy

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After Tunisia: Laila Lalami on Morocco | Books | The Guardian

In Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North, published in 1966, an unnamed university graduate returns to his home country, Sudan, full of hope about the new era of independence in his country. But an old man from his … Continue reading

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After Tunisia: Tamim Al-Barghouti on Palestine | Books | The Guardian

The tyrant exists only in the imagination of his subjects; the master resides only in the perception of the slave. Attempts at defiance have been abundant in the recent history of the Arabs, many of them in Palestine, but unlike … Continue reading

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After Tunisia: Alaa Abd El Fatah on Egypt | Books | The Guardian

The Arab world has not been as stagnant nor as apathetic as is widely claimed. This week’s events in Egypt, while unusual in their scale, are a continuation of a movement that can be traced back through my whole lifetime: … Continue reading

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from my friend in Cairo: on Twitpic

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Tarqi Ali: Bernard-Henri Lévy Indicted!

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