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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRamadan and the policePeople dısagree over whether drinking or eating during holy month is a crime, but when police devote more time to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn patriotismAfter living abroad for five years, I found myself asking my mother, who still lives in Alexandria, how she still...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOther erratic nations of our timeWhile the US and the Soviet Union were in a proxy war, Americans were also fighting an internal ideological war,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe wave of democracy in EgyptA democratic force no doubt existed in Egyptian politics but it was marginal and contingent upon circumstances...
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Published in: HomeJob: Arab Awakening Lead EditoropenDemocracy is looking for a skilled editor to lead and manage the Arab Awakening project, providing a space for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn the absence of Arab intellectuals: the colonial connectionThe colonial experience of the Arab world did not only stunt its social development, it also inhibited the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCan Islamism provide deliverance?Modern day Islamism represents the interests of a specific social class that has few qualms about current social and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWho is afraid of the urban poor?In Egypt, both the ruling elites and the urban middle class cling to the military regime, in the hope that they will...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy is a military coup in Saudi Arabia possible?Saudi Arabia is the most significant player in determining the future of the Arab revolutions. There are two ways to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHatred for authority and self-loathingThe police institution is the ugliest reflection of authority in Egypt. It is almost a duty to hate it – but this...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCan Sisi stop Egypt’s implosion?Neither Sisi nor anyone else can bring stability to the country without radical social transformation, to address...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA fascist history of the Egyptian revolution III: phase two, from the numinous to the realWhat we see today is not a revolt against the ruling class, but rather a battle within this class; an attempt to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn the spectacle of violenceViolence and repression are becoming more severe, and are symptomatic of the failure of Arab leaders to build a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhere are the workers?Even though the number of strikes and industrial actions in Egypt has skyrocketed since the mid 2000s, labour's...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe thin line between pride and shameProfessing national pride or hiding in shame are two extremes like black and white and do not fit in a moderate and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe missing element in Egypt: a sense of belongingWith decades of neoliberal policies, growing class divisions, and the demolition of public space, social belonging...
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