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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTaming Tahrir (Part 2): re-appropriating Al-Midan and co-opting memoryBy replacing the cement block with gates, the regime is not only curtailing the infrastructure of protest and...
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Published in: HomeTaming Tahrir (Part One)Tahrir has witnessed five milestones that have eventually resulted in a mixed reality which paves the way for the...
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Published in: HomeThe fight for the square - Tahrir, Sol, Wall Street, Taksim“The fight for the square is turning people into something new, whatever one thinks of what can happen after…”, a...
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Published in: HomeThe diverse revolt of Turkish youth and the production of the politicalSome of the banners read “we are not a political party, we are the people”, “we claim religion without AKP, Atatürk...
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Published in: HomeWestern politics beware! The Tahrir meme has a long way still to spread
The Arab Spring really does indicate a sea-change in the relationship of the demos to the rulers: there is a new...
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Published in: HomeInterview with Arab rappers Ibn Thabit and Deeb, Part 2
In the second part of the interview, Libyan rapper Ibn Thabit and Egyptian rapper El Deeb tell openDemocracy's...
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Published in: HomeTranslating Egypt’s revolution: introducing an anthology of essays
The forthcoming volume, Translating Egypt's Revolution, draws on the interdisciplinary nature of the field of...
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Published in: HomeTranslating Egypt's revolution: images from Tahrir
In a series of photos from Tahrir Square, Laura Gribbon previews some of the work she will discuss in the...
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Published in: HomeEvent: Translating Egypt's Revolution
Translating Egypt’s Revolution is the culmination of research and translation work conducted by researchers and...
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Published in: HomeInterview with Arab rappers Ibn Thabit and Deeb, Part 1
Libyan rapper Ibn Thabit and Egyptian rapper El Deeb tell openDemocracy's Bassam Gergi, Mazen Zoabi and Rosemary...
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Published in: HomeInvitation to London docklands to meet three Arab rappers
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Published in: HomeSocial contract theory for Occupiers: what law, culture and history tell us
No legitimate social contract can be devoid of stewardship, responsibility and duty. Recognising this allows us to...
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Published in: HomeFumbling for changeIf politics is “the art of the possible” then 2011 has left us, as artists, with suddenly a much larger canvas and a...
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Published in: HomeThe Long and the Quick of Revolution
This is the Raymond Williams Annual Lecture for 2011, coinciding with the publication of a new 50th anniversary...
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Published in: HomeWhat’s good for the goose and gander is at some point for the Occupiers
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Published in: HomeWhy the ‘Arab Spring’ hasn’t reached Sudan
What is it about the nation in Libya and Egypt’s own backyards, which in the face of poorer and worsening...
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Published in: HomeWhat the Arab Spring can learn from sub-Saharan Africa
The Arab Spring has been inspirational in sub-Saharan Africa, home to some of the world’s longest serving leaders....
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Published in: HomeDemocracy in revolution: the Mediterranean moment
By showing us the possibility of democracy in revolution, they have ignited a revolution in democracy, one that is...
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Published in: HomeA global revolution is under way
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