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About Mariz Tadros

Mariz Tadros is a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University, and author of The Muslim Brotherhood in Contemporary Egypt: Democracy redefined or confined? Her forthcoming book is Copts at the crossroads: the challenge of building an inclusive democracy in contemporary Egypt. She is editor of the IDS Bulletin Gender, rights and religion at the crossroads.

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Tearing Egypt apart

Mariz Tadros 31 January 2013

The eruption of protests, violence and civil disobedience in Egypt this month is a replay of the scene in 2011 before the status quo was ruptured, but the current regime’s attacks on women and religious minorities in order to quell opposition is more pervasive than anything seen before, argues Mariz Tadros

Egypt: the Islamization of state policy

Mariz Tadros 8 January 2013

Fears that Egypt’s constitution will be used to inhibit freedoms and enhance the powers of the Islamists in power have already proven to be well founded. The new constitution makes the entire governance system subject to the strictures of Islamic jurisprudence, argues Mariz Tadros

Signs of Islamist fascism in Egypt?

Mariz Tadros 8 December 2012

How do we explain the escalation of violence in Egypt? Mariz Tadros argues that the government in place is displaying particular characteristics of totalitarianism specific to fascist regimes.

The perilous slide: towards an Islamist dictatorship in Egypt?

Mariz Tadros 26 November 2012

President Morsi’s latest constitutional declaration, even if it is cloaked in democratic and revolutionary rhetoric, presages a slide to authoritarianism, argues Mariz Tadros.

Mutilating bodies: the Muslim Brotherhood’s gift to Egyptian women

Mariz Tadros 24 May 2012

In Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood have offered to circumcise women for a nominal fee as part of their community services, a move that threatens to reverse decades of local struggle against the harmful practice argues Mariz Tadros

No real freedom without dismantling the secret political police

Mariz Tadros 22 February 2011

In Egypt, police officers are needed back on the streets, protecting civilians from thugs: not the SSI back in full force again.

Faith in service: what has gender got to do with it?

Mariz Tadros 16 November 2010

Faith-based organizations are playing increasingly prominent roles in service delivery. However, the premise that such organisations promote gender equality and the empowerment of women needs critical re-examination.

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