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Too often, websites are launched in a blind haze of optimism. They will speak truth unto power. They will bridge increasingly entrenched lines that criss-cross the political landscape. They will be honest, transparent. And too often, after a gallant run, they fail. Owners make their agendas felt and journalists collectively know when and where not to ask the questions they know their readers expect to be answered.

Over some key event, they too fall silent or look the other way. It's only a matter of time before every media outlet discovers its red lines and no-go areas. The Middle East Eye will be different. It serves no political master, movement or country. It has no agenda other than the belief that what happened three years ago in Tunisia and in Egypt was not an abberation. It was not a spring that turned to winter, but the first stirrings of a fundamental change that will affect every country and every people in the Middle East.

Those first gasps for breath as equal citizens have not been extinguished by civil war, counter-revolution, or military coups. The Arab world will not "move on" as Britain, the EU and America so desperately want it to, under a new round of western friendly dictators and oligarchs. A seed has been sown in the minds of millions which will not be so easily trampled on. The Middle East Eye will keep that vision of a democratic future at the core of all it does. It will keep an unremitting eye on dictators, time servers, and all who condone what passes for business as usual in the Middle East. If that is being radical, we are unabashed radicals. Welcome to the Middle East Eye. We will do our best to keep you informed, honestly.    

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Rupert Murdoch said Muslims should be held collectively responsible for attacks such as the one in Paris on Charlie Hebdo's offices
Rupert Murdoch said Muslims should be held collectively responsible for attacks such as the one in Paris on Charlie Hebdo's offices
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Saudi Oil Minister: world prices will improve after "lack of cooperation" by producers outside the OPEC cartel. More to follow. #Saudi #oil
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After an 8-year hiatus, Jordan hangs 11 death-row convicts on Sunday http://ow.ly/GeL2G #Jordan
Jordan's interior minister announces that the death penalty freeze may end after an eight-year hiatus
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Beji Caid Essebsi: Bourguiba rerun? @TomStevenson_ explores http://ow.ly/GdJQx #TunisiaVotes #Tunisia
Essebsi led the first round of Presidential elections with 39.5 % of the vote after other old regime figures threw their support behind him
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Sentiment behind #illridewithyou is about the most compassionate thing to come from Sydney tragedy, says @Fiona_Broom http://ow.ly/GdyW1
Discussing social media may seem out of place, but the sentiment behind #illridewithyou is about the most compassionate thing to come from this tragedy
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How the West's fight against #ISIS has let the region off the hook http://ow.ly/Gdrcm @jbdacey @EllieGeranmayeh @ECFRMena
Ultimately, the West’s strategy against IS - which asks little of regional power players - may make it more difficult to displace the group or the sentiments that feed it
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#Egyptian photojournalist, Mahmoud Abou Zeid - #Shawkan - is about to spend his 500th day in #prison @shawkanzeid
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Imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist, Mahmoud Abou Zeid reveals harsh treatment and desperation in an open letter
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Sisi replaces spy chief after decreeing his retirement on Sunday http://ow.ly/GePRq #Egypt #Sisi
General Mohamed Farid El-Tohamy, retired on Sunday, was appointed just days after the ouster of Mohamed Morsi last July
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Return to Dahlanistan? What is Mohammed Dahlan doing in Gaza, who supports him and what does Hamas think? http://ow.ly/GeH1c #Gaza
Gazan rallies this week for Mohammed Dahlan and his offers of money, support for those in the Strip raise questions about his next move
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Islamic State reportedly has executed 100 of its own foreign fighters who tried to flee from IS HQ in Syria's Raqqa http://ow.ly/GdDzc
Some fighters have grown disillusioned with the realities of fighting in Syria, according to reports
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Breaking: Saudi police kill 4 'terrorists' in operation to arrest suspects in shooting of a soldier last weekend. More to follow.
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Guess who credits the Mossad with producing the 'laptop documents'? @GarethPorter tells you: http://ow.ly/GdqFP
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