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What Closing Syria’s National Lottery Says About Religion (And Economics) Under Its New Rulers 

There is no economic logic in closing the lottery, especially in the current situation where the Syrian state needs every source of money. Islamic tenets against games of chance almost certainly explain the closure.

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Egypt, The Cruel Logic Of Al-Sisi’s Crackdown On Street Vendors

As Egypt’s economy nosedives, the jobless are forced to hawk wares in the streets. It all makes the new president’s efforts to eliminate street vendors seems especially harsh.

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