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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPain and torture: state violence in Egypt
The root of state violence and torture is not poor police training, nor a political decision that can be reversed,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSports and politics
Sports have been and still are used as a way to control the masses. How and why do fan clubs shift from sports to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe military industrial complex
What role does the military industrial complex play in Egyptian politics and economy? Join the debate
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHelp us rename Arab Awakening!
Do you have any ideas for an alternative name? Let us know what you think! We are collecting suggestions and will...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhatever is happening to the Egyptians?
Why are so many Egyptians no longer challenging the structures of power in the country? Join the debate
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe regional implications of the fall of Aleppo
The lesson Arab autocrats are likely to learn from Syria is simple: under the current international climate the use...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUltras in mourning: how a massacre, revolutionary aftermath and politics killed Egyptian football
The third in a four-part series that delves into the history of the Ultras and their impact on Egyptian society. عربي
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHuman rights’ universality and correlation with culture
If democracy and human rights were collective values, wouldn’t they have been more appealing to the world? عربي
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTrump, Putin, and the new Middle East
The election of Trump will give second wind to autocrats in the region as well as create space for the growth of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFootball’s martyrs: how the Ultras become revolutionaries
The second in a four-part series that delves into the history of the Ultras and their impact on Egyptian society. عربي
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhatever is happening to the Egyptians, Pt. 5: colonizing Egyptian bodies
This is an invitation to every Egyptian to review what s/he really wants and make active personal choices that...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt's Military Inc.
Unless Egyptian capitalism evolves beyond the current stage of cronyism to competitive accumulation, no amount of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSports, politics, revolution: how a hardcore football fan club impacted Egyptian consciousness
This is the first in a four-part series that delves into the history of the Ultras and their impact on Egyptian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn megalomania and despair: is Sisi really nuts?
The Egyptian state has composed what looks like a closed circuit of public despair and emotional drainage.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhose revolution?
The Egyptian mass protests can only be classified as a reform movement that had hoped to create a liberal order. A...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhatever happened to the Egyptians, Pt.4: would-be aristocrats
What is it that makes the rich of Egypt so insecure? Why do they want to escape all of a sudden? Why do we frighten...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe genealogy of the Effendy
Undeterred by the regime's actions that have steadily pushed the Egyptian economy to the brink, the middle class...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn the absence of Arab intellectuals: counter-revolution and the state
The inability of the counter-revolutionary forces to appeal to more than the need for security means that the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAn Egyptian bystander in Turkey
If we love democracy we should wish it upon everyone, regardless of ideologies. Stand against oppressors whether...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTurkey 2016 and Egypt 2013: the politics of time
It isn’t the capability of recognizing a historical moment that differentiates the Turkish trajectory from the...