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They Cry Out

From the Aug/Sept 2014 Print Edition

The attacks began at 2:45 a.m. on July 5, 2013. Fifteen minutes earlier, the body of a Muslim resident of Nagaa Hassan had been found on the banks of the Nile. Though it remains unclear today who killed him, the angry mob that gathered had one target in mind: the 275 families that make up the . . . . Continue Reading »