Evolving Protests in Turkey: A Personal Account
H Kubra* | 9 Jun 2013
(Source: http://occupygezipics.tumblr.com) About a week ago, just when the Gezi protests had gained momentum, I wrote a piece to illustrate how it all began and also to provide some context with respect to the demographics of the protests, as well as class dynamics and political issues in Turkey. I want to underline that the ongoing protests are obviously quite...Sanaa: Protesters Looting US Embassy Grounds, US Spying From Yemeni Air Space
Mareike Transfeld | 15 Sep 2012
Taken during the protests at the US Embassy on Friday. After protests over the anti-Islam film escalated in Cairo and Tunis earlier this week, demonstrators also attacked the US Embassy in Yemen on Thursday. Hundreds of protesters stormed the embassy in Sanaa and, even though the buildings are heavily fortified, protesters managed to enter its premises. Inside...Mohamed Morsi’s Wife & the Convergence of Local and Global Islamophobia
Sara Salem* | 1 Jul 2012
(Photo credit: El Youm El Sabei) Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first civilian president, was sworn in on June 30, 2012. The build up to the event involved many dramatic moments, including a Twitter controversy surrounding his wife, Naglaa Ali Mahmoud. Mahmoud, who prefers to go by the name Umm Ahmed, a traditional Egyptian way of referring to mothers, has come under...If Taksim Is Not Tahrir, What Is It?
Sarah Jones* | 4 Jun 2013
(Source: http://occupygezipics.tumblr.com) Less than a week after protestors first took to the streets of Istanbul, mainstream media still struggles to understand the phenomenon. Originally inspired by an urban...Moving Past the Movie: Understanding the U.S. Embassy Attack in Egypt
Sara M. Salem* | 13 Sep 2012
Egyptian protesters climb the walls of the U.S. Embassy during protests in Cairo on Sept. 11. (Photo credit: Canadian Press) On the 11th of September, a group of Egyptian protesters attacked the U.S. embassy in...Qu’ran Burnings and the Debate About the Qur’anic Landscape
Leila* | 26 Mar 2012
A number of events in the past few years have served to highlight the enormous symbolic, political and emotional importance that the Qur’an has in the Muslim world. In 2005, a report that Qur’ans were being...
