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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt's most powerful man tries to tame the mediaTo reconcile two different media perspectives of him, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, commander of the armed forces,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWomen and the Arab Spring: tough choices to make
Should women’s movements support a national revolution based on patriarchal principles?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIsrael, Iran, Saudi Arabia: military postures and alternativesThe three countries, and groups within them, are locked in narratives of confrontation, victimhood and fear. At...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTowards the Iraqization of Lebanon?
Lebanon has deep-rooted institutional issues that must be addressed in order to strengthen the state. But should it...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe two ends of Turkish democracy: opening up and covering upAbout ten days after the democratic package was introduced, Turkey was tested, this time by a woman with...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria: Bouteflika strikes back
As next year’s presidential elections loom larger on the national horizon, the country seems to be heading towards a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia: the Islamic associative system as a social counter-powerAn Islamic bloc is indeed emerging, but more than an occulted project of Islamization, it is a process of activation...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia‘Pessoptimism’ and the politics of Palestinian health
The development of culture-specific research measures takes time, but adding the dimension of human insecurity and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - October 18, 2013
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt’s January 25 revolutionary youth: where have they gone?
There are various sectors missing from the frame of 'the January 25 youth' that we are to blame ourselves for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 9 - 15 October
This 'You tell us' feature offers some first hand accounts and a range of opinions in blogs, articles and tweets,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next DoorThe difficulties for transnational African students and the situation in Egypt are the subjects for this month's...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: the Islamist military?
The Egyptian military is not a force for secularism in Egyptian politics. On the contrary: it was the first to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPolitical fault lines threaten Libya's stability
Deep rifts between Libya’s leaders have been laid bare and if they continue to grapple with one another instead of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe birth pangs of Qatar’s art scene
In which the claim by Yes Minister’s Sir Humphrey that, “subsidy is not to be given for what the people want! It is...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDeath and remembrance
A week that begins with the death of a former Israeli Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and ends with the gathering of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThere will be blood: a dispatch from Cairo, Part 2Egypt is divided between the army’s supporters, including many a figure of the Mubarak regime, liberals and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaJailing of journalist exposes shortcomings of reforms in Morocco
If the goal of Moroccan officials is to silence Anouzla, their attempts have been fruitless thus far, as more and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt's 'civil society coup' and the resilience of the post-1952 orderCairo’s new rulers have few plausible solutions to the longstanding problems of political economy and while Egyptian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 1 - 8 October
This 'You tell us' feature offers some first hand accounts and a range of opinions in blogs, articles and tweets,...
