Should women’s movements support a national revolution based on patriarchal principles?
The three countries, and groups within them, are locked in narratives of confrontation, victimhood and fear. At present, their narratives are incompatible and seemingly unbridgeable. That is the real cause of the current conflicts.
Lebanon has deep-rooted institutional issues that must be addressed in order to strengthen the state. But should it be scared of a descent into Iraqi-style chaos?
About ten days after the democratic package was introduced, Turkey was tested, this time by a woman with décolletage. Turkey failed that test too.
As next year’s presidential elections loom larger on the national horizon, the country seems to be heading towards a political non-event.
An Islamic bloc is indeed emerging, but more than an occulted project of Islamization, it is a process of activation of the material and moral resources of a conservative middle class summarily excluded until the 2011 revolution.
The development of culture-specific research measures takes time, but adding the dimension of human insecurity and distress to quality of life measures is a vital step.
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week, Political fault lines threaten Libya's stability.
There are various sectors missing from the frame of 'the January 25 youth' that we are to blame ourselves for excluding. You could say that 'armchair revolutionaries' took all the credit for the revolution when other sectors only took the blame.
This 'You tell us' feature offers some first hand accounts and a range of opinions in blogs, articles and tweets, first and foremost from the people of Egypt.
