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Sarah A. Topol

Sarah A. Topol is a Cairo-based journalist. She has reported from Yemen, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank. Her writing has appeared in the Atlantic, Businessweek, Foreign Policy, GQ, Harper's, Newsweek, the New Republic, and Slate, among others.

 

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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire

Gaza’s Tunnels Back in Business

Illicit underground lifelines to Egypt took a beating, but owners are digging in again. By Sarah A. Topol. 

Sarah A. Topol

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Mideast Peace

Translating Bitter Enemies in Gaza

Sami Al Ajrami is the only Palestinian reporter working for an Israeli paper in Gaza—and his goal is to explain each wounded society to the other. Sarah A. Topol reports from Gaza City.

Sarah A. Topol

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The Gaza Prison

Sarah A. Topol reports on the generation of young Palestinians trapped in Gaza.

Sarah A. Topol

articles/2012/11/19/eyewitness-in-gaza-an-egyptian-risks-death-beside-the-palestinians/gaza-update-topol-tease_rlevyi

Eyewitness in Gaza

Abdelrahman Mansour struck the spark that ignited Egypt’s revolution. Now the wired activist is in Hamas territory, filming Israel’s air war from ground level. Sarah A. Topol reports.

Sarah A. Topol

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NO END

Ground Invasion in Sight?

A rise in civilian casualties brings pressure to end the operation in Gaza. By Sarah A. Topol and Dan Ephron.

Dan Ephron

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Gangs Attack Women at Tahrir Sqaure

As the presidential vote nears, gangs of men have been assaulting women at the birthplace of the nation’s revolution.

Sarah A. Topol

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Egypt's Baffling Human Rights Raid

Security forces shutter human rights organizations on the eve of democratic elections, Sarah A. Topol writes.

Sarah A. Topol

articles/2011/12/20/egyptian-military-police-beating-a-female-protestor-produces-fury-and-an-apology/egypt-women-protest-topol_xxktut

Egypt's Backlash to a Beating

The beating of a female protester has reignited the country’s stalled women’s movement.

Sarah A. Topol

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The Mideast's Forgotten Journalist Prisoners

Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, dozens of journalists have been detained. Sarah Topol talks to the families as they desperately wait for their loved ones.

Sarah A. Topol

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Meet Radical Islam’s Tech Guru

The Muslim Brotherhood’s web geeks are transforming Egypt’s Islamist group from a shadowy organization with power bases in mosques and charities to a media-savvy machine.

Sarah A. Topol

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