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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe battle over the memory of Egypt’s revolution
In today’s Egypt, millions are silent, nevertheless, they still remember.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEducation and orientalist discourse
The topic of education fits neatly into the orientalist middle class rhetoric about the poor, ignoring its role as...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia"Big Brother": the art of subversion
Art achieves its highest purpose when it questions the structures of power in a society. A goal that "Big Brother",...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPower and the divine: self-repression in Egypt
Focusing on the afterlife, the rewards of heaven for the just and hell for the unjust, keeps the masses in check and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSisi’s coronation and the Egyptian opposition
In an attempt to centralize power, the regime is in the process of creating one unified enemy, an alliance between...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe tentacles of autocratic regimes: the case of Egypt
The process of repression is outsourced to the citizenry who indirectly secure absolute power for the regime. It is...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSisi, the guardian of sexual morals
The repression of the LGBT community in Egypt stems from the colonial legacy of imperialism and is driven by the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt’s faltering counter-insurgency strategy
There is a lack of preparedness in countering the insurgency and the wave of repression has not lead to an improved...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPain, torture and alienation
Due to Egypt’s dire political and economic situation, pain and alienation are bound to be a feature of the lives of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: an obsession with the state
The view that social struggle should be repressed is hindering the opposition. Unless the view of the state and its...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLaying the foundations for a totalitarian state
The Egyptian regime is moving decisively to close what remains of public space, dominating all aspects of political...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn the absence of Arab intellectuals: a class under siege
The urban middle class in Egypt is averse to situations where class conflict is heightened and thus justifies...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe weakening of Egypt’s regional role
As time passes, pressure on the regime will mount and a choice will have to be made between a domestic crisis, loss...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe changing security dynamic in the Red Sea
The expected transfer of the Tiran and Sanafir islands is revealing a number of regional dynamics between Egypt,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt without Egyptians: the story of the Red Sea islands
Egyptian nationalism, as an ideology nurtured by the military elites and embraced by the middle class, marginalizes...
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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 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 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 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 AsiaWhose revolution?
The Egyptian mass protests can only be classified as a reform movement that had hoped to create a liberal order. A...