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You know, don't you, that it is Ramadan, and most of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims have been celebrating since late September? The holiday ends next week, and, here in the Middle East, it will give way to the Eid, when the daily fasting will be over, the big Iftar tents will come down, folks will stop working for a few days, and, after that, life will return to normal.  Read more >

Forgive me, Bloghers, for sitting out the latest war in these parts. I am back in Cairo now, after spending seven weeks in the taken-for-granted bliss of North America, where, though things are far from perfect, we are generally free from imminent threats of attack, instant homelessness, food shortages, and death of innocents. In theory, the people of Israel and Lebanon have been freed from this type of strife too, although whether and to what extent the nascent cease fire will hold is a question no-one can answer.  Read more >