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Items by Adel Suleiman
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The Arabs and the dark 70th anniversary of the Nakba
There is a luxurious hotel located in the heart of Cairo, directly next to the headquarters of the Arab League’s General Secretariat. It overlooks the capital city’s most famous square where the 25 January Revolution developed in 2011. Nearby stands a statue of one of Egypt’s military figures during...
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The war in Syria and the Arab Summit
April seems to be a full month for Syria in terms of war, attacks, fragmentation and division. It is also a full month for the Arabs in terms of peace and normalisation by means of politicians’ visits and billion-dollar deals, as well as the summit for reconciliation and negotiations,...
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A new refugee agency for the new Arab refugees
Deir Yassin was a small Palestinian village, destined to be chosen by Zionist militants in order to provide a frightening example of why 750,000 Palestinian Arabs should flee their homeland. The Zionist gangs, especially the Irgun gang led by Menachem Begin, and the Stern gang which was led by Yitzhak Shamir...
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The October War: legitimate questions and missing answers
The 43rd anniversary of the 1973 October War will be marked next week; this war deserves some serious reflection in light of the situation in the Arab world today. This includes very dangerous fissures and the fact that the Israeli enemy is reinforcing its presence and gaining more acceptance,...