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...official permission and signs of popular unrest are regularly greeted with swarms of riot police, the ElBaradei reception was remarkable. Crowds gathered, chanted, called for an end to Mubarak and even entered the airport. And there were no riot shields in sight. "Mohamed ElBaradei is an international figure," says Samer Shehata, an assistant professor of Arab politics at Georgetown University. "Although I wouldn't put it past the regime, it would be a media blunder to greet him with scores of riot police trying to block supporters from showing their appreciation and welcoming him back to Egypt." (See TIME...
...Relatives of those living in the camp fear repeat violence, and say the camp's food, water and medical supplies have recently become severely limited. Samer Muscati, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, hopes the bloodshed is not a sign of things to come in Iraq: "Civilians have to be given basic human rights considerations, whether or not they're protected under an agreement...
...doesn’t take music as an end itself but rather as a means for other more human-related goals,” said Samer M. Haidar ’08-’09, a friend of Koh’s. “He believes it’s his duty as a musician to use music as this kind of conduit—dialogue between people...
...Samer M. Haidar ’08, who attended the concert, said he was impressed with the concert’s atmosphere and HRiNK as a whole...
...said. Koh’s friends speak to his passion. “He’s concerned with many things in the world and there’s a human aspect to him—it’s not only music,” said Samer M. Haidar ’08. World-class cello skills would be enough to fill most students’ plates, but not Koh’s. The son of a pianist and a research scientist, Koh, a biochemical sciences concentrator, tries to strike a balance between his artistic interests and his academics...