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What brings Iraqis to Syria, asks Alive in Baghdad, which highlights the Iraqi refugee crisis. “There are at least 4.2 million Iraqis displaced from their homes, with 2.2 million now believed to be outside Iraq. The UN has now warned the number should be expected to rise to 5 million displaced Iraqis in the near future.”

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From Egypt, Zeinobia writes: “The famous Egyptian MB blogger Mohamed Adel aka Meit is reportedly missing. No one seems to know for sure where he is currently. Of course the speculations are saying that the State Security has something with this sudden disappearance especially the S.S came and searched his house.”

Zeinobia, from Egypt, introduces three new blogs in this post.

Nazy Kaviani writes in Iranian.com about Shirin Golestaneh's paintings. You can discover her paintings here.