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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel
Outside a police station in Al-Hawari district of Benghazi, Libya on May 2, 2014. (Mohammed Elshaiky/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Outside a police station in Al-Hawari district of Benghazi, Libya on May 2, 2014. (Mohammed Elshaiky/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Aaron Y. Zelin
Richard Borow Fellow, Washington Institute
Aaron Y. Zelin
Long Read
An Egyptian Coptic boy looks down from the roof of the Bishoy Monastery in Beheira province, 150 kms northwest of Cairo. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Egyptian Coptic boy looks down from the roof of the Bishoy Monastery in Beheira province, 150 kms northwest of Cairo. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Samuel Tadros
Former Senior Fellow
Samuel Tadros
3 Min Read
A group of Egyptians stage demonstration against Egypt's el-Sisi government at Cairo University in Giza, Egypt on April 19, 2015. (Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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A group of Egyptians stage demonstration against Egypt's el-Sisi government at Cairo University in Giza, Egypt on April 19, 2015. (Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Samuel Tadros
Former Senior Fellow
Samuel Tadros
7 Min Read
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the Ethiopian National Palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 24, 2015. (Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the Ethiopian National Palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 24, 2015. (Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Samuel Tadros
Former Senior Fellow
Samuel Tadros
4 Min Read
US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport on March, 20, 2013 near Tel Aviv, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport on March, 20, 2013 near Tel Aviv, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
12 Min Read
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (R) talk before a meeting at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel March 28, 2015 in Lausanne. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (R) talk before a meeting at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel March 28, 2015 in Lausanne. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Joseph Bahout
Joseph Bahout
7 Min Read
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