Weekend Reading: Tunisia’s Saints, Egyptians React to the U.S. Election, and the Battle for Mosul Pictured
from From the Potomac to the Euphrates and Middle East Program
from From the Potomac to the Euphrates and Middle East Program

Weekend Reading: Tunisia’s Saints, Egyptians React to the U.S. Election, and the Battle for Mosul Pictured

A member of Shi'ite fighters carries a weapon during a battle with Islamic State militants at the airport of Tal Afar west of Mosul, Iraq (Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters).
A member of Shi'ite fighters carries a weapon during a battle with Islamic State militants at the airport of Tal Afar west of Mosul, Iraq (Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters).

Reading selections for the weekend of November 18, 2016.

Post by Steven A. Cook

November 18, 2016 5:30 pm (EST)

A member of Shi'ite fighters carries a weapon during a battle with Islamic State militants at the airport of Tal Afar west of Mosul, Iraq (Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters).
A member of Shi'ite fighters carries a weapon during a battle with Islamic State militants at the airport of Tal Afar west of Mosul, Iraq (Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters).
Post
Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions.

Inel Tarfa explores Tunisia’s heritage of Sufi saints, which has come under attack by Islamist militants in recent years.

Shahira Amin finds that while there are those in Egypt who either support or oppose the election of Donald J. Trump to the U.S. presidency, most Egyptians remain ambivalent.

More on:

Tunisia

Egypt

Iraq

Leanne Burden Seidel depicts the battle to recapture Mosul from the self-declared Islamic State through photographs.

More on:

Tunisia

Egypt

Iraq

Close