A Blog by the Editor of The Middle East Journal

Putting Middle Eastern Events in Cultural and Historical Context

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

If Essebsi Wins, I'm Going to Need Better Glasses

If Beji Caid Essebsi, who got 42% of the vote to Moncef Marouki's 34% in the first round in Tunisia, wins the December runoff, older folk like me may need better glasses when reading small print in Arabic newspapers.

Consider:

President Essebsi: الرئيس السبسي

President al-Sisi:    الرئيس السيسي

See the problem? What a difference a dot makes.

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