Weekend Reading: Iraq’s Kakai, “Being Syrian,” and a Death in Cairo
![Syrians line up as they wait to cross into Syria at Oncupinar border crossing in the southeastern city of Kilis, Turkey (Osman Orsal/Reuters).](http://cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/slide_3_2/public/image/2016/02/WR02122016.webp)
Ako Shawais discusses Iraq’s Kakai minority and describes his role as their first political representative in Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government.
Maysaloon questions what it means to be a Syrian today.
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Isabel Esterman contemplates the cost of doing business in Egypt in the wake of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni’s murder.
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