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Egypt Did Not Go To Plan (opens the original)
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The Cartel Disciplines The President Of The United States (opens the original)
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This came up in conversation a few times after it happened. I tend to fast-forward to the conclusion, so I wanted to know where everyone else landed. Interestingly, for most people, the buck stopped at Trump. They were simply pleased that the orange man and his idiocy had been silenced.Mine didn’t.ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News have boycotted the White House television pool. The president appeared on national television without sound, without a shared feed. Just footage of Trump talking to a gr
Handing over custody (opens the original)
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I am back in Egypt for a little under two weeks, and I will endeavour to share a few fragments of these days with you as they unfold. The afternoons here belong to the sun. Cairo seems to retreat from it, shutters half drawn, streets slowed, everyone waiting for the heat to loosen its grip. Then, towards early evening, when the sting finally leaves the air, the city begins to breathe again. Doors open. People spill back onto the streets. The last time I was here was June last year, mostly workin
The greatest privilege of powerful states is not simply the ability to kill, but the ability to control the meaning of the killing. (opens the original)
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Please read article in app or website.The Privilege of Powerful StatesThere is a privilege afforded to powerful states that we never name.It is the privilege of killing civilians and still controlling what the killing means.When an enemy of the United States kills civilians, the language arrives instantly.Terrorism.Barbarism.War crime.Deliberate targeting.When the United States or Israel kills civilians, a different vocabulary appears.Mistake.Tragic error.Misidentification.Unintended consequence
My Little Bro Is Getting Married (opens the original)
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In just over a week, I’m going back to Cairo for a wedding.My little bro is getting married!He isn’t actually my little brother. His name is Omar, he is from Gaza, and over the course of a few weeks in Egypt last year he went from being the person tasked with keeping me out of trouble to someone I now consider family.Some of you might remember that I spent time in Cairo last year with Palestinian children from Gaza who had been displaced there. I arrived with about ten cameras and a deliberately
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