Mona Abaza is associate professor in sociology at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Her publications include Islamic Education, perceptions and exchanges (Paris, Cahier d'Archipel, 1994), Debates on Islam and Knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt: shifting worlds (Taylor & Francis, 2002). She researches religious networks across the Middle East and south-east Asia, and consumer culture in a comparative perspective.
openAwakening in conjunction with the University of East London is organizing a three-part event series on ‘The Tahrir Square Meme’ to be held at UEL's Dockland Campus.
Our first event is Rap and the Arab Spring.
Read Anthony Barnett's lecture for the Raymond Williams Society and his foreword to the new edition of The Long Revolution:
The Long Revolution Raymond Williams
Jim Gabour Sunday Comics
James Warner Standing Perpendicular, as books do
Markha Valenta Inter Alia: religion, politics, culture
Paul Rogers on Global security
Li Datong on China from the inside
Mary Kaldor on Human security
Daniele Archibugi on Cosmopolitan democracy
