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Malcolm Kerr was a distinguished scholar of the Middle East and the Arab world. He was the president of the American University of Beirut and wrote a book in 1965 called The Arab Cold War.
In 1984, he was assassinated by two gunmen outside his office. He was 52.
You can learn more about Malcolm Kerr at the link.
The Great Pyramid of #Giza, far left, the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as seen from Secretary Kerry’s plane as he traveled from #Vienna, #Austria, to #Cairo, #Egypt, on May 18.
The sun sets over houses, minarets and the Great Pyramids of Giza in the Egyptian capital, Cairo on January 27th 2016. Credit: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
On this day in 1952, a series of riots took place in Cairo, Egypt. These riots, known as the “Cairo Fire” or “Black Saturday,” were marked by the burning and looting of 750 buildings and the Opera House.
The instability that these riots created eventually led to a coup and the eventual overthrow of King Farouk’s government.
A protester carrying an Egyptian flag runs through clouds of tear gas at a demonstration in Cairo January 25, 2011. Thousands of anti-government protesters, some hurling rocks and climbing atop an armored police truck, clashed with riot police in the center of Cairo in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
The photos of the 2011 revolution were pretty stunning.
