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This week in the Middle East

A weekly roundup of topics from the Middle East, by Brian Whitaker, Ian Black and occasional guest contributors from the region
  • WikiLeaks reveals degree of Durham University's involvement in Iran

    Ian Black
    Ian Black: This week in the Middle East: The US embassy was 'impressed' by the political cover Durham could generate – but the university's students are less so
  • Anti-government protests in Cairo

    Egypt protests give Arab media a headache

    Brian Whitaker

    Brian Whitaker: This week in the Middle East: In their Egypt coverage the Arab media – like the regimes they report on – have failed to move on from the old ways

  • This week in the Middle East

    Brian Whitaker

    Brian Whitaker: This week in the Middle East: Protests in Tunisia have sent shock waves across Egypt, Jordan and Yemen, where the appetite for ousting autocrats is strong

  • Protesters shout during the civilian unrest in Tunisia

    This week in the Middle East

    Brian Whitaker

    Brian Whitaker: This week in the Middle East: Tunisia's God-free uprising and the role of the internet; the growing trend of Saudi spinsters; Yemen's tribal politics

  • A Siberian tiger

    This week in the Middle East

    Brian Whitaker

    Brian Whitaker: This week in the Middle East: Tweeting about the Tunisian uprising; Iran, Russia, and the shady morals of Putin's tiger, and the price of presidents

  • Demonstrators clash with Tunisian security forces

    This week in the Middle East

    Brian Whitaker

    Brian Whitaker: This week in the Middle East: Can Tunisian protesters end the 'Arab malaise'? Will Egypt ever catch the people traffickers? What is a woman's life worth?

  • This week in the Middle East

    Brian Whitaker

    Brian Whitaker: This week in the Middle East: Charities that fund the settlers; Egypt's vanishing migrants; Christmas extravagance in the Gulf, and an unhappy New Year

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