Fatima El Issawi

Fatima El Issawi is a London-based analyst and researcher. She was the press officer for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on The Hague.

The unbearable lightness of Arab ‘liberals’

The election results gave little say to the revolutionaries, a leaderless group with no structure or any clear, unifying agenda. This camp – which includes leftists, nationalists and remnants of the old regime – rallies under the vague banner of liberalism.

By Fatima El Issawi

/ 21 Aug 2013

Did the Arab Spring find its roots in the New Iraq?

The major lesson that the Arab revolutions can draw from the new Iraq is the importance of a phased transition from dictatorship to democracy where national bodies govern by the rule of law and include a balanced representation of all factions and communities, argues Fatima Issawi.

By Fatima El Issawi

/ 4 Oct 2011

Lebanon and the "Spring" of others

Syria’s unrest has allowed Lebanon to finally play a role in the Arab uprisings, with potentially dangerous effects, argues Fatima Issawi

By Fatima El Issawi

/ 7 Sep 2011