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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWill Essebsi reconstruct himself?
Essebsi should take this crucial moment in Tunisian history as an opportunity to reinvent himself, to rise to the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaInterview: bread, freedom and social justice
The authors of Bread, Freedom and Social Justice discuss the lessons of the past few years for the labour movement...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe presidential election and linguistic violence in Tunisia
The leading presidential candidates and some of their supporters are setting a bad example with hostile,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWe promise you an operetta
The development of Egypt's military-brand nationalism over the past year can be traced in a series of formulaic,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCall for the release of Ahmed Maher
The Egyptian activist and leader of the April 6 Youth Movement languishes in jail with countless others, as western...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIs a boycott of Israel inconsistent? Yes and No
A recurrent challenge in controversies over boycotting Israeli policy is consistency. But what is problematically...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe decline of political Islam in Tunisia
A host of factors and failures have combined to outweigh Ennahda's successes in the transitional period, seeing its...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Bahrain Debate: rethinking the conflict
This debate hopes to recreate a historical moment for civil society participation and action, by arriving at a more...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy not Kurdistan?
As the Iraqi crisis haunts the Kurds, double standards in the principle of self-determination come to the fore.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNGOs lose ground in Sisi's Egypt
NGOs in Egypt did not expect to have fewer freedoms under Sisi's presidency. But regressive laws and regulations...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTired of being 'treasured'
Women in the Gulf are still waiting for paternalistic social norms to catch up with the economic and political...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAssessing Bahrain’s fiscal stance
The key to fiscal policy reform lies in ending the political stalemate through democratisation and public...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaProblems of empowerment
Efforts at the economic empowerment of women in Jordan are missing the point - there are political and social issues...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn structural violence in Palestine
The structural violence, economic inequalities, and pervasive injustice that characterise Palestinian society under...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe battle to preserve Bethlehem's cultural heritage
Open Bethlehem is a campaign to revive Bethlehem's legacy as a diverse, culturally rich, and entrepreneurial city,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEducation: moving from indoctrination to liberation
Reforming educational curricula, especially where it pertains to values, is by necessity a matter of process and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt, swallowing civil society
The new draft law for NGOs proposed by the Egyptian state further narrows the space for civil society, and openly...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt's liberal coup?
Contrary to appearances, the embrace by some Egyptian liberals of anti-democratic practices may not be in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFilm review: 'Omar' and the nature of colonialism
A review of Omar (2014), the most recent offering from the Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, which portrays the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPalestinian unity should not become a victim of Israel’s war on Gaza
If one of the motives of Israel's war on Gaza was to crush the nascent Palestinian unity government, it may have...