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Published in: 50.50A problematic discourse: who speaks for Arab women?Placed between the First Lady and the Diplomat at the recent Trust Women conference on the 'Arab spring', Ala'a...
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Published in: HomeWalking the tightrope: Al Wefaq’s quest for relevancy in post-uprising Bahrain
A call for foreign intervention is a cry for help by an embattled opposition walking a shaky tightrope with a tough...
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Published in: HomeConcern and frustration in the Gulf
America is still the Gulf states' indispensable ally, but the indecisiveness of Obama's policy in the Middle East is...
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Published in: HomeThe Gulf’s cupcake entrepreneurs
In the Gulf, it is all too easy to succumb to the temptation of catering to the population’s excessive tendency to...
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Published in: HomeThe black swan of the Gulf
The military and security apparatuses of these Gulf states plays a role in keeping the peace, but the best way...
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Published in: HomeBahrain’s nostalgic bourgeoisie
This exclusionary cultural gentrification of Muharraq, while holding promising social and identity prospects for a...
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Published in: HomeBahrain’s new labour scheme: one step forward, two steps back?
The new labour market scheme represents an economic translation of the political victory of the merchant elite and...
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Published in: Home‘Too big to succeed’: a case of Sunni politics in Bahrain
Although conservatives within the ruling establishment will go to considerable lengths to ensure Shiite political...
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Published in: HomeBahrain bids its economic reform farewell
A fierce political battle is currently being waged between the government and the opposition over the labour unions.
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Published in: HomeBahrain: throwing the steering wheel out of the window
Over the past year or so, the government and the opposition have both been locked in a game of chicken.
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Published in: HomeFancy a ride on Bahrain's economic merry-go-round?
Given the country’s regressive welfare system and the absence of a progressive income tax regime, households on the...
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Published in: Home(Not Quite a) Postcard from Bahrain
On 1 March the Bahraini government requested that the UN special rapporteur on torture delay his visit – meant to...
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Published in: HomeBahrain: split over proposed GCC union, and chronic failure of Sunni groups to mobilize
Bahrainis of all political affiliations waited in tense anticipation as rumours of a Saudi – Bahraini union...
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Published in: HomeThe United States and "atrocity prevention"
The formation of an official agency charged with helping Washington identify and address threats of atrocity around...
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Published in: HomeFree Abdulhadi Al Khawaja
Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, the 51-year-old co-founder of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, reaches his 78th day of a...
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Published in: HomeSyria, morality and geopolitics
An accurate reading of the Syrian crisis must take into account the political interests and motives of leading...
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Published in: HomeBahrain – the struggle continues
The king’s image is getting smaller at Manama Airport and photos of Hamad’s annointed heir, the crown prince, are...
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Published in: HomeJassim Buhejji, a life for Bahrain
The Bahraini activist Jassim Buhejji was a quiet figure who nonetheless played a formative role in sustaining the...
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Published in: HomeThe socio-economic foundations of Bahrain’s political crisis
A study of income inequality in Bahrain highlights the failure of the Government to extend its aid to those who need it most.
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Published in: HomePost-BICI Bahrain: between reform and stagnationAs the first anniversary of the February 14 uprising approaches, the regime and the country at large find themselves...
