Best World Reads Of The Week: July 20 - July 26

Our Favorite Reads This Week
RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / AU-UN IST / STUART PRICE' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS In a handout photograph taken on October 5, 2012 and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 6 October, Somali women watch from a roof-top as a soldier of the Kenyan Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) stands guard on a street in the centre of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo adjacent to the old police station while a combat engineering team inspects the surrounding area following reports of a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) left behind by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. The last bastion of the once feared Al Shabaab, Kismayo fell after troops of the SNA and the pro-government Ras Kimboni Brigade supported by Kenyan AMISOM forces entered the port city on 02 October following a two month operation across southern Somalia which saw the liberation of villages and centres along a distance of 120km from Afmadow to Kismayo.AFP PHOTO/ AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE. (Photo credit should read STUART PRICE/AFP/GettyImages)
RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / AU-UN IST / STUART PRICE' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS In a handout photograph taken on October 5, 2012 and released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 6 October, Somali women watch from a roof-top as a soldier of the Kenyan Contingent serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) stands guard on a street in the centre of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo adjacent to the old police station while a combat engineering team inspects the surrounding area following reports of a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) left behind by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab. The last bastion of the once feared Al Shabaab, Kismayo fell after troops of the SNA and the pro-government Ras Kimboni Brigade supported by Kenyan AMISOM forces entered the port city on 02 October following a two month operation across southern Somalia which saw the liberation of villages and centres along a distance of 120km from Afmadow to Kismayo.AFP PHOTO/ AU-UN IST PHOTO / STUART PRICE. (Photo credit should read STUART PRICE/AFP/GettyImages)

Spending our days on the interwebs has its advantages, one being that we come across lots of excellent pieces of journalism. Every week, we'll bring you our favorite online reads that didn't appear on our site. Disagree with the selection? Leave your suggestions in the comments or tweet #bestreads at @HuffPostWorld.

Islamism After The Coup In EgyptThe Nation -- Mohamed BazziMohamad Bazzi warns in The Nation that the Egyptian army's move against the Muslim Brotherhood may have dangerous implications for both the country and the region as a whole. "It is foolhardy to think the Brotherhood can be uprooted and cast out of the Egyptian political system. Egypt cannot have a future as a viable, pluralistic democracy without the Brotherhood’s participation," Bazzi writes.

Agent Orange Still Ravaging VietnameseMcClatchy -- Drew Brown12-year-old Nguyen Thi Ly's head is severely misshapen. Her eyes are far apart and permanently askew. Her 43-year-old mother, Le Thi Thu, shares many of the girl's medical conditions. Millions of Vietnamese are still living with the consequences of America's use of Agent Orange during the war. Washington still hasn't claimed responsibility.

Call 911Vanity Fair -- Tom FrestonShe's 38, a mother of two and a former beauty queen. Kimberly Motley had never been outside of the U.S. before moving to Afghanistan. Now she's the first one foreigners call when they need legal council in Kabul.

Al Qaeda's Somalia Cell Is Fractured And DangerousVICE -- Mark Hay"Qawdhan slouches on the floor of the wicker-frame hut across from me, his back to the old UNHCR banners serving as a wall. He sits in silence, calmly chewing a bundle of khat while stealing the occasional glance at a TV on the other side of the dim and sparse room." Mark Hay picks the brain of an al-Shabaab militant about the future of his group and of his country.

Mexico's Most Brutal Drug Lord Has Been Captured, But That Won't Change AnythingRolling Stone -- Ryan DevereauxOn July 15, Mexican police arrested the brutal leader of the Zetas drug cartel, Miguel Angel Treviño, alias Z-40. Treviño was known for gruesome murders and cruel acts of torture. Ryan Devereaux asks a former DEA agent whether Treviño's capture will quell some of the violence in Mexico. The future looks grim. "In the immediate future ... Treviño's arrest could actually lead to more killing – and in the long term, it will do nothing to bring U.S. drug warriors closer to their vision of victory."

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