Rana Magdy

Rana Magdy is Associate Editor for Arab Awakening. She completed her MA at King's College, London, and her research was on sexualized violence in demonstrations in Egypt.

Egyptian feminist movement: a brief history

The reinstatement of the 'deep state' only provides continuum for the further entrenchment of the overarching powers of the patriarchal state. These power asymmetries must be undone.

By Rana Magdy

/ 8 Mar 2017

'What would I do?'

Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) documents the lives of family and friends over the course of the US invasion of Iraq. At the Open City Documentary Festival, 25 June 2016.

By Rana Magdy

/ 24 Jun 2016

Egypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying, 25 January 2016

On the fifth anniversary of Egypt’s uprising: a range of opinions in articles and tweets, first and foremost from the people of Egypt.

By Rana Magdy

/ 25 Jan 2016

Can the mass uprisings that happened across the Arab world in 2011 accurately be called an awakening? The editors of Arab Awakening defend the title of their section, while admitting that it may be time to move on.

By Rana Magdy and Mariam Ali

/ 29 Jun 2015

Far from Tahrir

Anna Roussillon’s I am the People intimately documents the Egyptian revolution’s effect on a rural family. At the Open City Documentary Festival on 20 June 2015.

By Rana Magdy

/ 15 Jun 2015

Cairo: a history of people’s right to the city

A social and historical introduction to people’s struggle over the right to the city in Cairo, Egypt.

By Rana Magdy

/ 19 Jul 2014

The people want – but do they have a chance?

Nasserism, by far, is the main form of progressive political consciousness that one can find in Egypt, when it takes the form of nostalgia, not for military rule, but for social benefits, jobs, agrarian reform, democratisation of education, and the national dignity of Egypt as incarnated and embod

By Gilbert Achcar and Rana Magdy

/ 21 Feb 2014

Let’s remember where this all started

The uprising in 2011 was brought about by socio-economic grievances coupled with state repression. The question is; has any of this changed?

By Rana Magdy

/ 25 Jan 2014

Egypt: the police state

Peaceful protesters holding up signs and chanting are not a threat to national security. The authorities and security officials are a threat to people’s security.

By Rana Magdy

/ 28 Nov 2013

Egypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 15 - 20 November

This 'You tell us' feature offers some first hand accounts and a range of opinions in blogs, articles and tweets, first and foremost from the people of Egypt.

By Rana Magdy

/ 22 Nov 2013

Egypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 8 - 14 November

This 'You tell us' feature offers some first hand accounts and a range of opinions in blogs, articles and tweets, first and foremost from the people of Egypt.

By Rana Magdy

/ 15 Nov 2013

Egypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 1 - 7 November

This 'You tell us' feature offers some first hand accounts and a range of opinions in blogs, articles and tweets, first and foremost from the people of Egypt.

By Rana Magdy

/ 9 Nov 2013