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Published in: HomeWhat remains of democracy? Egypt, Italy and ‘the lesser evil’ after Giulio Regeni
A thesis circulating for some time seeks the secret of the 28-year-old's death, not in the Al-Sisi regime, but for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRemembering against the tide: Giulio Regeni and the transnational horizons of memory
Two years after the murder of Giulio Regeni, the call for truth and justice has yet to be answered.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYou've kept your power, Arab rulers, but at what cost?
Let us never forget that those who make peaceful uprisings impossible will eventually make violent revolution irresistible.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlain Badiou on the Egyptian revolution: questions of the movement and its vision [video]
How can the Egyptian revolution reveal clues and unlock ideas about the changing nature of politics and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: character assassination as a weapon
The Egyptian regime has been resorting to defamation campaigns to target its opponents as a tactic to silence and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe tentacles of autocratic regimes: the case of Egypt
The process of repression is outsourced to the citizenry who indirectly secure absolute power for the regime. It is...
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Published in: HomeLet’s not ‘politicise’: let’s skill
"We are very aware, when it comes to the whole Greek experience, that one of the problems the political left faces...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: do you really want to counter terrorism?
Is the failure intentional or a result of general incompetence? Because of repression or Islamic ideology? This...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCritical voices in critical times: revolution without revolutionaries, an interview with Asef Bayat
Asef Bayat talks about revolutions and revolutionary ideas, the place of ordinary people in social transformation,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSisi, the guardian of sexual morals
The repression of the LGBT community in Egypt stems from the colonial legacy of imperialism and is driven by the...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asiaمصر: جريمة مسجد الروضة قد تتكرر
أسباب الهجمات الإرهابية في مصر موجودة منذ سنوات دون علاج أو تطوير أو تغيير بما يهدد بتكرارها.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt’s predictable tragedy: more instability, attacks to come
Conflict and political radicalization are the lifeblood of a regime unable to wean itself off the exploitation of...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia‘We need to talk’ about Sisi’s twisted take on human rights
No one is keeping the Egyptian government from “fighting terrorism.” But Sisi’s rhetoric on the “right to combat”...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt’s faltering counter-insurgency strategy
There is a lack of preparedness in countering the insurgency and the wave of repression has not lead to an improved...
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Published in: HomeWhy I write
“Though my writing career has gone further than I ever imagined, it has come at a high personal price, namely life in exile.”
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe anti-Islamist campaign and Arab democracy
Egyptians, Libyans, Tunisians, and other Arabs deserve better than to be told that they must choose between...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHuman Rights Council condemns reprisals amidst unprecedented rate of cases in MENA region
One can only wonder how the HRC can maintain its credibility while its member states are actively working against...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPain, torture and alienation
Due to Egypt’s dire political and economic situation, pain and alienation are bound to be a feature of the lives of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaStrikes, protests and Egyptian nights of curfew
A conversation about journalism and research in times of uprising and repression on the fourth anniversary of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: an obsession with the state
The view that social struggle should be repressed is hindering the opposition. Unless the view of the state and its...