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Published in: HomeThe living history of Arab revolutions
A filmed interview of Professor Eugene Rogan; the conversation ranges from the echoes of nineteenth century...
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Published in: HomeDid the Internet matter in Tunisia and Egypt?
An audio interview in which Nabila Ramdani describes the role of the social networks in the Tunisian and Egyptian...
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Published in: HomeArab democracy rising: international lessons
The popular revolts in Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere in the middle east are driven by a profound democratic impulse....
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Published in: 50.50Bahrain - from national celebration to day of rage
A “palm revolution” in the Gulf? Political upheaval in the desert state of Bahrain: there have been calls for a Day...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab 1989?
The uprisings sweeping across the Middle East portend a political transformation as significant as those of 1989....
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Published in: HomeWhy Mubarak must follow Ben Ali
Egyptians who are systematically raised to believe that their country’s fate is to play a leadership role in the...
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Published in: HomeUS Middle East policy: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil… just act surprised
None of the Arab Revolts of 2011 have played themselves out as yet. So it will be a while before the Obama...
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Published in: HomeIt’s not because they’re Arab
To frame the crisis in the region as an “Arab crisis” is to risk essentializing the problem in another, unique “world.”
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Published in: HomeThe new middle east: intellectuals and democracy
The change that is unfolding across the middle east places an especial responsibility on intellectuals to think...
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Published in: HomeCalling Europe's bluff in north Africa
Europe has taken too little interest in the political path of its southern neighbours, argues Fabrizio Tassinari.
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Published in: HomeEgypt, and the thirty years of solitude
The epic events in the Arab world’s heartland are also a lesson in the loneliness of power, says Goran Fejic.
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Published in: HomeThe middle-east path: towards awakening
The democratic mobilisations in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and elsewhere are lighting a beacon across the middle east and...
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Published in: openSecurityTahrir Square burns: a postcard from Egypt
An American in Cairo reflects on the experience of events there today and calls on the US to throw off its ties to...
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Published in: openSecurityPatriarchal shows of generosity will not appease the Arab people
Arab regimes' attempts to buy off their people only highlight their duplicity, argues Mohammed Hussainy
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Published in: openSecurityEgyptians defy government ban in second day of protests
Egyptians defy government ban in second day of anti-government protests. Tunisia issues arrest warrant for Ben Ali....
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Published in: HomeTunisia, or democracy’s future in jasmine
The homegrown insurrection of a friendless people in Tunisia carries a profound lesson in the understanding of...
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Published in: HomeTunisia and the world: roots of turmoil
The uprising in Tunisia is at once a response to systemic inequity and injustice and an expression of the limits of...
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Published in: HomeWhy 14 January 2011 will go down in history
Mohamed Ali Harrath is a former Tunisian dissident who was imprisoned and tortured after he set up a Muslim...
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Published in: HomeTunisia: the alliance of progressive and moderate Islamist forces points to an optimistic outcome
The alliance between forces on the left and the exiled moderate Islamist forces suggest that a lastingly democratic...
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Published in: HomePost-Wikileaks lessons from the Tunisian ‘intifada’
The real scandal revealed on closer examination of diplomatic cables from the MENA region, is the gulf that...