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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEdward Said - 10 years onA decade after his premature departure, Said’s life, in all its “disorganised, scattered, uncentred” richness will...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 17 - 22 SeptemberThis '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 AsiaEgypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 9 - 16 September
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 AsiaEgypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 28 August - 8 September
This Arab Awakening space for excerpts of articles, blogs and tweets is a weekly holding operation for those trying...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt in the balance: what the blogs are saying 22-27 August
This Arab Awakening space for excerpts of articles, blogs and tweets is a weekly holding operation for those trying...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt in the balance: what the blogs are sayingThis bi-weekly Arab Awakening space is a holding operation on Egypt - excerpts from their articles, blogs and tweets...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe representation impasse: accounting for Egyptian women in the post-Morsi age
To move towards a more accurate account, it is imperative that we dissolve the binaries of tradition and modernity,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Egyptian crisis and its regional effects
Should Egypt collapse into violence and disarray, supporting the Army might well make the UAE look similar to how...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIslam and democracy: Tunisia at a crossroads
Ennahda's attempts to institutionalise its power and silence its opposition cannot be condoned. Nevertheless,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWestern Sahara: the inconvenient uprising nobody wants to talk (or hear) about
While many praise the remarkable determination of Sahrawi activists to maintain the peaceful character of their...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMohamed and Michael are both Egyptian
Egypt all of a sudden, at least on the surface, appears to have a growing problem of sectarianism.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria: has the post-Bouteflika era already begun?
Might the end of one of the most remarkable, and defining, of political careers in Algeria’s history be upon us?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBeyond Arab vs Berber: the rich complexities of Algerian identity should be celebrated, not feared
In launching their war of independence in November 1954, Algerians emphatically rejected this divisive bait,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThrow away your textbooks: education via revolution
How Egypt’s young adults stole the show, which is how it should be, because the show was meant to be about them in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgerian activism: a new generation draws the line
Away from the traditional circles of power, a new force has been working its way up to the surface of the Algerian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria: how the murder of two children shook a nation
The tragic fate of Brahim and Haroun has acted as a powerful conduit for the expression of wider, deeper ills and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: from uprising to revolution?The two and a half weeks between January 25 and February 11, 2011 proved that in Egypt there is a strong demand for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA toxic dependency: Algeria’s love-hate relationship with its oil
This year's 41st anniversary, celebrated two weeks ago, has been marked in particularly gloomy fashion. Reports have...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaGdeim Izik: the first, forgotten spark of the Arab uprisings
Many commentators, notably in Algeria, have drily noted the familiar dissonance between the west's florid paeans to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe maddening betrayal of potato-seller, Omar SalahIt is ironic that street vendors have spent more time in the square than any protestor ever has. Omar comes out...
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