Weekend Reading: Getting Sectarianism Wrong, the Death of Cheg Cheg, and “76 Hours in Tripoli”
from From the Potomac to the Euphrates and Middle East Program
from From the Potomac to the Euphrates and Middle East Program

Weekend Reading: Getting Sectarianism Wrong, the Death of Cheg Cheg, and “76 Hours in Tripoli”

A woman stands along a damaged street in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria (Rodi Said/Reuters).
A woman stands along a damaged street in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria (Rodi Said/Reuters).

Reading selections for the weekend of August 19, 2016.

Post by Steven A. Cook

August 19, 2016 5:00 pm (EST)

A woman stands along a damaged street in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria (Rodi Said/Reuters).
A woman stands along a damaged street in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria (Rodi Said/Reuters).
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Nada Elfeituri relays Libya’s thriving, vivacious culture despite the violence plaguing the country.

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