The Twisted Cairo al-Jazeera Verdict, in Pictures
For one thing, the judge spent a good chunk of time during the trial behind dark glasses.
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Israel/Palestine: What's Up
With the Israel/Palestine situation at a stalemate, what else can this girl do?
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Photographer Stephen Shore from Israel/Palestine: The Audacity of Puppies
And yet, is it possible — puppies as metaphor, and emotional suggestion -- to conceive of the Israelis and the Palestinians engaging in a way that is softer? When you put it into words, it sounds remarkable silly, but such is the power of photography.
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The Tell in that Rosy, "Make it all Better" Assad Campaign Video
There is a quick element in the clip that doesn't seem to square with the overwhelming vision of peace, love and undoing.
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David Degner on Egypt’s Telltale Election: The Result of a Hard, Sad and Bloody Process
If this bus was a violation of the "no-campaigning during voting" rules, it didn't matter.
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David Degner from Cairo: On the Sissi Election and Egypt Under the Boot
If there is cheering and yelling at events like this, my sense is that most Egyptians are quietly resigned. It’s so predictable from here out. Egyptians have lost their voice again.
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Pope Francis at the Separation Wall
The natural recipient of awe, it's that rare to see the Pope ceding this much power to anything.
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That Vanity Fair Monica Lewinsky Spread: Black and White and Re(a)d All Over
What were left with (if it's not a parody on her claim to fame) is the act of her giving her body.
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Finbarr O'Reilly and the Fabulist Art of the Israeli Bomb Shelter
What strains also is the actual imagining of a "promised" land -- with the delusional notion that, once the air raid siren goes off, residents simply meld into the Zionist dream.
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AP Photographer Alters Syria Photo to Remove … a Camera! — Worth Considering a Little Deeper
It's ironic because the viewer, particularly in war photography, isn't supposed to be aware that there is a camera.
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As if the Photographic Evidence of Syrian Atrocities Could Have Gotten Any Worse
Do you know what's so stunning about this file image editors chose to illustrate Syria's latest butchery?
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Deep Dive for Photo Editors: Ariel Sharon and the Politics of the Slideshow Retrospective
With the passing of Ariel Sharon, we were interested in the political nuances, and biases, in the photo galleries summarizing his career.
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Andrea Bruce and the Paradox That's Damascus
Capturing the domestic anxiety of the civil war.
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The Munitions Factory
My question is, why did this photo stand out so powerfully from the larger edit of 10-year-old Issa working in a Syrian rebel weapons factory?
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Will this (Random, Dated) Snuff Video Prevent the Attack on Syria?
With respect to everything at stake here, the bar for decisive imagery remains much higher.
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Before and After the Bombing Starts: The Disconnect in 2 Pictures
It seems some variation of that Mike Tyson "best laid plans" quote is on a lot of minds these days.
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Chemical Weapons, the Insanity of Eastern Ghouta and Eyes on the Assads
If the victimization of Syrian citizens are, in fact, the heinous act of the government, what we're looking at is profound and despicable blasphemy.
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