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Meet the New Egyptian Cabinet
A brief list and description of the newly-appointed members of the Kamal El-Ganzouri Cabinet. Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim: Minister of Interior 64-year-old Alexandria-born Mohamed Youssef Ibrahim...
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Red Lines and Human Rights: An Evaluation of the Bahrain Independent...
On 23 November 2011, in one of the royal palaces in Bahrain, a lavish ceremony commenced with all the pomp of a great occasion. In the era of the so-called Arab Spring, this should have been an...
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Sectarianism, Opposition Parties, and Online Activism in Bahrain: An...
For the blogosphere in the Gulf region, the name Chan'ad became a reference to all of those who were seeking accurate, well written, and up-to-date inside information from Bahrain in English. Chan'ad,...
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Egypt's Labor Movement Takes a Tumble
The perceived gains won by the Egyptian workers and independent trade unionists in the wake of the eighteen-day uprising have given way to stark realities under the military junta's...
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Muslim Brotherhood Withdraws from SCAF "Advisory Council"
Brotherhood withdraws representatives from proposed council hours after senior general said SCAF would have final say on new constitution; other major figures decline invitations to join council....
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Egypt Expats Begin Second Round Voting
Egyptians abroad begin voting in parliamentary polls' second round with embassies and consulates worldwide accepting marked ballot papers until Monday. Egyptian nationals living overseas began voting...
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Eight Reasons Not to Join SCAF Advisory Council
Ahmed Bahaa El-Din Shabaan of the National Association for Change (NAC) and the Egyptian Socialist Party has rejected an offer from the ruling military junta (SCAF) to join a proposed advisory council...
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The Heroes of Tahrir (Video)
The 19th of November was another bloody day in the Egyptian Revolution that over the course of the following days turned into a massacre. After an attack by security forces on a group of demonstrators...
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The Strike Wave and the Crisis of the Egyptian State
The explosion of huge protests across Egypt in the final week before the first round of the parliamentary elections on 28th and 29th November, demanding the rapid transfer of power from the ruling...
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Morocco's Next Government: New Actors, Same Script
Several weeks have passed since Morocco’s most recent parliamentary elections. These yielded a victory for the Islamist Party of Justice and Development (PJD), whose leader, Abdelilah Benkirane, has...
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An Interview With Paul Sedra: Another Victim of the Egyptian Junta -...
One Egyptian news paper wrote “Many Egyptians pass this building every day on their way to work and they take great pride in it. And on Saturday, December 17th that very special building, The Institut...
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Sidi Bouzid One Year On: Dignity, Stagnation
One year has passed since Mohammed Bouazizi set himself ablaze in Sidi Bouzid. His act had inspired the revolutions throughout the region, most of which have subsequently been rolled back by military...
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The Army and the Economy in Egypt
[This is a translation of a Jadaliyya article that was originally published in Arabic. Click here to access the Arabic version.] Should the production of pasta, mineral water, butane gas cylinders,...
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Friday "Honor" Demo Draws Thousands to Egypt's Tahrir Square
Roughly 25,000 turn out for anti-SCAF rally in Cairo and governorates as pro-SCAF counter-demo draws hundreds in capital's Abbasiya Square. Thousands of anti-government protesters joined today’s mass...
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Egypt's SCAF 'Clarifies' Ex-Officer's Hitler Remarks
Military council hastens to distance itself from contentious remarks by ex-officer who called for anti-govt protesters to be 'sent to Hitler's ovens'. Egyptian Defense Attaché in Washington DC Mohamed...
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Brotherhood's FJP Sweeps Runoff Polls in Menoufiya
Freedom and Justice Party captures six of eight parliamentary seats in historic NDP stronghold, according to official results. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) has captured the...
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Far Outside Cairo: A Graffiti Campaign to Denounce the SCAF
This week a group of students from Mansoura, a city two hours north of Cairo in the Daqahliyya governorate, decided they wanted to respond to recent military brutality against demonstrators in the...
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Tahrir's "Honor" Demo Joined by Protests in Governorates
Anti-SCAF demos erupt in Alex, Suez, Assuit, Luxor, and Tanta to coincide with Tahrir Square's "Friday of Regaining Honor." Several Egyptian governorates – including Alexandria, Suez, Assuit, Luxor...
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Egyptian Authorities Must Not Target Women with Gender-Based Violence:...
Amnesty International called on Egypt’s military rulers to uphold the right to peaceful demonstration as women human rights activists staged more protests on Friday. "The shockingly violent scenes of...
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