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Mike Giglio

Mike Giglio is a Middle East correspondent with BuzzFeed. He was previously the Middle East correspondent for Newsweek & The Daily Beast.

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Eye for an Eye

V Is for Egypt’s Vendettas

The old blood feud between Egypt’s Islamists and the security forces runs deep. And until it ends, report Mike Giglio and Christopher Dickey, the country may never have peace.

Christopher Dickey

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SYRIA’S DEFECTORS

Get Me Out of This War

As the drum beats for possible U.S. strikes on Syria, the opposition says Assad has suffered a new wave of defections. Mike Giglio reports.

Mike Giglio

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STALEMATE

The U.S. Wrings Its Hands Over Syria

Mike Giglio on how America’s hesitance to get involved is rattling rebels and U.S. allies alike.

Mike Giglio

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Forget Mubarak

The release of the old dictator is irrelevant to Egyptians. His brutal legacy is not.

Christopher Dickey

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Into the Void

Enter the ‘Iron Man’

The Egyptian Army’s decapitation strategy may be working, but at least one strongman remains.

Mike Giglio

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Mubarak Circus

Not This Circus Again

What’s the best way to piss off the Arab Spring protesters and make the new government look bad? Some say it’s granting Hosni Mubarak freedom.

Mike Giglio

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Christians Under Attack

Mike Giglio and Sophia Jones on the violence against Christians.

Sophia Jones

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Day of Rage

Egypt’s Thugs Beat Me

Scores are feared dead after a day of violence in Cairo. Mike Giglio was arrested and beaten.

Mike Giglio

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Alarming

There Are Children Here

With faces painted and bandannas wrapped around their heads, pro-Morsi kids scamper around the Rabaa mosque sit-in.

Mike Giglio

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Egyptian Revolution

‘Move First, and We Will Be There’

A Cairo activist recounts meeting Army officers long before the protests in July.

Mike Giglio

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