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Category Archives: Twitter Thread
Twitter Thread: Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey
In a rare event, angry crowd stormed a Turkish military camp in Iraq’s Kurdish region near the city of Dohuk. I herewith include few tweets that explain the background of this incident . Hundreds of people in the Kurdistan Region’s #Shiladze region … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Turkey, Twitter Thread
Tagged Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurds, PKK, Turkey
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Twitter Thread: Egypt’s Sisi interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes
In my last week Egypt’s update, I included few tweets and comments on the controversial CBS’s interview with Egypt’s President Sisi. This week, however, there are more interesting and critical comments that I thought to post them separately here. The … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt, Twitter Thread
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This Week in Egypt: Week 1-2019 ( Dec 31-Jan 6)
Top Headlines Egyptian explosives expert killed while trying to defuse bomb near a church in Cairo Palestinian Authority pulls employees from Egypt-Gaza crossing Sisi says Egypt and Israel cooperate against ISIS in Sinai Egypt’s Court of Cassation upholds acquittal of … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt, Twitter Thread
Tagged 60Minutes, CBS, Copts, Sisi, Terrorism
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Twitter Thread: NYT David Kirkpatrick and Egypt’s Copts
Journalist and International correspondent for the New York Times has recently wrote an article in Church Times about Egypt’s Copts and their relationship with the Egyptian President Sisi. The article was full of disputed ideas that were promptly addressed by Samuel Tadros, … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt, Twitter Thread
Tagged Copts, David Kirkpatrick, Egypt, Samuel Tadros, Sisi
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Twitter Thread: The Crisis within Egypt’s Coptic Church
In the light of last week’s sad murder of Coptic Bishop Epiphanius, here is a fascinating collection of tweets discussing the delicate crisis within Egypt’s Coptic Church, mainly by Samual Taros, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute, with contribution from … Continue reading
Twitter Thread: The Farcical Al-Jazeera Report on Egypt’s Counter-terrorism Operation in Sinai
This is an excellent thread on Al-Jazeera Arabic TV’s farcical report on Egypt’s ’s anti-terrorism operation in #Sinai. Thread. Everything wrong with the first episode of Aljazeera's new programme on #Sinai. #سيناء_حروب_التيهhttps://t.co/1QFJNoYVdM — Egypt Defence Review (@EgyptDefReview) July 30, 2018 First … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of Aak, Egypt, Twitter Thread
Tagged Al-Jazeera, Egypt, Sinai, Sinai2018
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Twitter Thread: Jenan Moussa and the notorious ISIS fighter
Jenan Moussa,one of the Arab world best Journalists, has interviewed a notorious ISIS fighter. His arrogance during the interview is striking. This twitter thread is a reminder for those who deny or underestimate ISIS. https://twitter.com/TwitterMoments/status/983073581033775104 1/ EXCLUSIVE: I had … Continue reading
Twitter Thread: Saudi Purge
In a surprising move, Saudi Arabia arrests princes and ex-ministers amid “anti-corruption crackdown.” 11 princes, and dozens of ministers were arrested in sweeping purge. So in one day, #SaudiArabia turned the table in #Lebanon, was hit by a ballistic missile … Continue reading
Posted in Saudi Arabia, Twitter Thread
Tagged MBS, Mohamed Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia, Walid Bin Talal
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Twitter Thread: Iraqi newspaper and Arab’s racism towards Kurds
I wrote in my latest piece on how I encountered racism against Kurds during my travel in the region. Here is the latest example of this ugly racism. #Iraqi paper uses picture of five men in boxers and one young … Continue reading
Twitter Thread: Al-Jazeera’s Ahmed Mansour and Hurricane Irma
Al-Jazeera anchor Ahmed Mansour has created contraversy after his Arabic tweets on Hurricane Irma. He apologised for his Arabic tweets that were considered offensive. Here are few tweets by others who challenged his views and his later apology (in English). … Continue reading