Profile of Sonia M’Barek
Laith Ulaby | 26 Aug 2012
Sonia M'Barek in Concert (Photo credit: Sonia M'Barek's Facebook page). Boston NPR affiliate WBUR did a wonderful profile of and interview with the phenomenal Tunisian singer Sonia M’Barek along with the Palestinian violinist Hanna Khoury. The interview focuses on the classical Maluf tradition that M’Barek has become famous for performing. ...Kazeboon – A Poem
Massoud Hayound* | 17 Jul 2012
Protesters chant slogans against President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during a demonstration in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. (Photo credit: AP/Christophe Ena) The revolution was over before it started, read newspapers shipped down from the Metropole, to my grandparents’ homes in a North, made a Global South Remember? Oh je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes How...Dreams Deferred; Co-opting the Mideast Revolts
Yousef K. Baker* | 29 May 2012
A dream haunts the people of the Middle East. Since the decline of the Ottoman Empire, this dream has motivated movements seeking collective dignity, whether nationalist, internationalist, right wing, left wing, Islamist, secularist, or others. In the midst of the anti-colonial revolts in the 1960s and 1970s, this dream was articulated as that of independence,...Trojan Horse at the Gate?: Political Islamists & Democratization in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Luciana Storelli – Castro* | 29 May 2012
Egyptian Presidential candidate and moderate Islamist, Abdel Moein Aboul Fotouh (Photo credit: Khalil Hamra/AP) Democratic regimes mushroomed under the “third wave”[i] of democratization, as authoritarian regimes were increasingly abandoned for the institutionalization and consolidation of democratic procedures, processes, and structures.[ii] Notably absent...Call for Submissions: Special Issue “After the Revolution: Looking Forward”
Muftah Editors | 9 Feb 2012
Muftah.org and Democracy & Society Present A Special Issue – After the Revolution: Looking Forward Volume 9, Issue 2 We are seeking well-written, interesting submissions of 1500-2000 words on the theme below, including summaries and/or excerpts of recently completed research, new publications, and works in progress. This Special Issue will be co-edited...Separating Religion from Politics: the Future of Egyptian Democracy
Ammar Maleki* | 27 Jul 2012
Egyptian President and Muslim Brotherhood member, Mohamed Morsi One year after the fall of Arab dictators, Islamist political parties have emerged victorious in the first democratic elections in both Tunisia and...Tunisia’s Future Constitution and Freedom of Expression
Thalia Beaty | 14 Jul 2012
Members of parliament attend a session of Tunisia's constitutional assembly in Tunis, November 23, 2011. (Photo credit: REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi) In just over three months, on October 23, 2012, Tunisia’s...Military Decision-Making During the Arab Spring
Daniel Steiman* | 29 May 2012
Protesters shout slogans against military rulers in front of Egyptian military police standing guard near the Ministry of Defense in the Abbassiya district of Cairo As the mass protests of the Arab Spring spread...Art and the Arab Uprisings
Laith Ulaby | 21 May 2012
Poster of Bashar al Assad in the Old City of Damascus (Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oliverlaumann) There is no doubt that visual culture was a big part of the protest movements that swept across...Institutionalizing Islamism: Process over Ideology in Egypt and Tunisia
Muftah Editors | 9 Jan 2012
Rachid Ghannouchi, head of Tunisia's Ennahda party For most of its history, Islamism has been defined by its ideology. According to conventional Western wisdom and propaganda from secular Arab dictatorships,...
