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Egypt: Women Cut their Hair in Tahrir Square to Protest Fundamentalist Constitution
Dozens of progressive Egyptian women cut their hair in Tahrir Square on Tuesday to protest the passage of Egypt’s new, fundamentalist constitution. The protesters chanted, […]
New Fundamentalist Constitution Approved, Heralds turn to Egyptian Theocracy
The Egyptian electoral commission on Tuesday signed off on the constitutional referendum, declaring that the country’s guiding legal framework had received a little over 63 […]
Christmas 2012: The Flowering of Middle Eastern Christianity and the Challenges it Faces
There are more Middle Eastern Christians than ever before, and they are poised between emergence as a new political force in a democratizing region and […]
Cairo Symphony Orchestra: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
Cairo Celebration Choir & Cairo Symphony Orchestra: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
Christmas in Bethlehem has special Significance for Palestinians
Euronews reports on Christmas in Bethlehem and the Palestinians: Some 15,000 pilgrims are in the city and, despite fears raised by the Gaza fighting, hotels […]
200 Dead, Many Children, in Syrian aerial bombing of Halfaya
Opposition forces said that Syrian fighter jets bombed the town of Halfaya near Hama on Sunday. The bombs struck a crowd standing in line to […]
Muslims of Liberated Saraqeb, Syria, put up Christmas Tree for Local Christians
Muslims of Syrian town of Saraqeb put up Christmas tree for local Christians. The young man who is being interviewed stresses the unity of all […]
Egypt’s Controversial Fundamentalist Constitution Meets Low Turnout
Egyptians went to the polls again Saturday in the second round of the constitutional referendum. The provinces or governorates that voted in this round were […]
Abraham Lincoln on the Purpose of Government (Or He Wouldn’t be in GOP Today)
From Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters …, Volume 1, p. 92: “If we except the light and the air of heaven, no […]
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