A Blog of the UCLA Center for Middle East Development
A blog of the UCLA Center for Middle East Development (CMED).
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Historically, Iranian support for Hamas in times of conflict has run quite deep—both in terms of extensive funding and providing weapons. But for almost three years now, bilateral relations between Hamas and Iran were considered severed for multiple reasons. Why has Iran scaled back its involvement?
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Read MoreAlthough there is still much work to be done, women throughout the MENA region have proven that they have the power and the agency to create tangible change.
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Read MoreThe latest sentences are a continuation of the repressive crackdown on opposition to the current Egyptian government, and demonstrate the state’s dangerous expansion of control.
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Read MoreIt is 2011: the Tunisians have successfully ousted Ben Ali, and the revolutionary fervor has just reached Egypt. This is where The Square (al-Midan) begins, in what would later be named Tahrir Square, talking to wide-eyed, excited activists who have pitched tents and are beginning their own calls of freedom: “The people demand the downfall of the regime.” The film is criticized for its biases, but also lauded for its intimate portrayal of this momentous event.
Read MoreIn this weekend roundup...
Although the swift rise and fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt over the last year and a half has been fraught with protests, counter-protests, and violent confrontation, both supporters and opponents of the Islamist organization realize that the group provides an important array of services to the less fortunate in Egypt.
(Photo: Fourthfloor | Flickr)
Read MoreIn this weekend's roundup:
- Syria Opposition Proposes Ceasefire
- Egypt Constitutional Referendum
- Iran Nuclear Deal Goes Into Effect Monday
- 3rd Anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution
- Special Tribunal for Lebanon Begins
(Photo: Ahmed Abd el-Fatah | Flickr)
Read MoreSaudi Arabia has very publicly criticized US actions (or inaction) in the Middle East on Iran, Syria, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. What's raising the ire of the Saudi monarchy?
Read MoreThe Egyptian crackdown on the Gaza tunnels, which began in February 2013, is a symptom of growing anti-Palestinian and anti-Hamas sentiment in Egypt. Although the country has been moving away from Nasser’s vision of pan-Arab nationalism for decades, the distinctly negative portrayal of Palestinians is a new development.
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