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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe genealogy of the EffendyUndeterred 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 stateThe 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 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 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 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 untouchables: Egypt’s petty security officialsThe regime has unleashed a wave of repression that it can no longer control. Power now lies in the hands of those...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe revolution and rural Egypt: a lost opportunity?The peasantry is still missing from the discourse of the protest movement. As important as political and security...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn illusions and inflated condomsThe Muslim Brotherhood, secular activists and even regime supporters have decided to shield themselves from reality,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBetween Trump and BaghdadiBackwards looking politics is a malaise affecting both the west and east. It breeds violence as global elites...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe revival Nasserism in El Sisi’s EgyptThe selective revival of Nasserism by Egypt's current regime may help expand its support base amongst the masses,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy the west cannot defeat ISISISIS has emerged from the wounds of the Arab world—for which the west is to a large extent responsible—and current...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFrom Mubarak to Sisi: the end of liberal autocracyUnlike during the Mubarak era, the current regime lacks a reliable civilian ally to populate the legislative branch...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe fragmentation of power in the Arab worldMany Arab countries seem to have reverted to a mode of power reminiscent of a pre-modern form of politics, where...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn the absence of Arab intellectualsAn explanation for the conspicuous absence of Arab intellectuals from the revolutionary (and counter-revolutionary) scene.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia'The people want', but what do they want?The famous slogan “The people want the downfall of the regime” follows a notion promoted by Arab autocrats to give...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEuropean values and the Arab worldEU politicians can promote 'European' values by stopping their support for autocratic regimes, and by starting to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFalling apart: a glimpse of life in CairoA personal account of returning to a profoundly changed city, and of worrying trends under military dictatorship.
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