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Published in: HomeThe Islamic state in contextAlmost by default, the swelling numbers of young Arabs, especially in the culturally vibrant centres of the Arab...
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Published in: 50.50Egypt: small oases of transformationThe new Heliopolis university in Cairo has developed from SEKEM principles and is devoted entirely to sustainable...
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Published in: openSecurityEmerging civil administrations: a way forward in Syria?
Whereas the government and security institutions of Egypt and Tunisia have remained intact, necessity being the...
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Published in: HomeA third perspective: Stronghold Sound’s new hip hop album, Khat Thalet, reviewed
The lyrics are all in colloquial Arabic, with artists using different dialects and referring to idioms, metaphors,...
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Published in: HomeWhat might have been: a decade of civil activism in Syria
The Syria Trust for Development was beginning to play an important role in Syria, when the Syrian uprising took...
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Published in: HomeOnline aggregation in the 'mass web'Amidst the ruins of the global economic crisis, the rise of aggregation as the master frame of online interactions,...
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Published in: HomeLast call for Egypt's activists?
What Egypt’s revolutionary activists lack is a coherent organisational base. Only the Muslim Brotherhood manages to...
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Published in: HomeWhy I chose to give my vote to a PalestinianTo protest against what they see as unjust exclusion, some Israeli citizens have given their vote to Palestinians...
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Published in: HomeTunisia: Siliana and the heritage of Farhat Hached sixty years after his assassinationFarhat Hached is still making history in Tunisia, where the government is fixated on shifting Tunisian society in a...
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Published in: 50.50Revolution is female: the uprising of women in the Arab worldThe Arabic word for revolution, thawra, has a female gender. So does the word ’huriya (freedom), and so does the...
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Published in: 50.50Harassment free zoneWhy isn’t anybody doing anything? Attempting to curb sexual harassment by targeting the harassers is very...
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Published in: HomeNot yet a revolution: the fight for women’s rights in Egypt continues
While the eighteen day uprising saw Egypt’s men and women equally contribute to the greater good of the country and...
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Published in: HomePussy Riot: Russia’s unwitting gift to the women of the Arab SpringWhat if a feminist post-punk collective's action in Moscow could influence the cause of women everywhere, starting...
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Published in: HomeResisting relocation: active communities in revolutionary EgyptResidents’ actions highlight growing expectations that a more inclusive model of decision-making is both possible...
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Published in: HomeThe pathway to Tunisia’s constitutional future
The language of constitutional revision and civic values based on human rights has become the baseline of political...
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Published in: HomeWorkers' strikes: the ongoing revolution from below
With disputes between the liberal, Islamist and military forces stealing the show, the battle against the horrendous...
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Published in: HomeLibya: still a long road ahead
Libya’s transition has been aided by the fact that it has not had to dismantle the kind of ‘deep state’ that has...
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Published in: HomeNorth African diversities: a Tunisian odyssey
Tunisia's modern history, from the late French colonial period to the rule of two long-term presidents, has been a...
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Published in: HomeProfessor Charles Tripp on Art and the Arab Uprisings (Event Recording)
In the third and final event in Arab Awakening's 'Tahrir Square Meme' series, Charles Tripp, professor of middle...
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Published in: 50.50Visible players: the power and the risks for young feminists
From the student protests in Chile, to the protests of the 'Arab spring' in the MENA region, the debate among young...
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