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Transitional Justice in the Shadow of the Arab Spring

Anti-Mubarak protesters flash a noose and a scale, as a symbol of justice, outside the police academy in Cairo where ex-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is on trial. (Photo credit: Amr Nabil / AP) Whether recovering from the horrific realities of war or the effects of long-standing repressive regimes, societies often find themselves attempting to reconcile their... 

Separating Religion from Politics: the Future of Egyptian Democracy

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 Egypt. With this success, the question “what is the prospect of democratic change in Muslim countries after the Arab Spring?” is more pertinent than... 

#MuftahChat: Debating & Defying Stereotypes about the Middle East

Join the Muftah team at the hashtag #MuftahChat on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 12:30 pm Eastern Standard Time for a Twitter discussion of all things Middle East. Themes will include policy, religion, political transformation, human rights, and culture, among other topics. Everyone with an interest in the Middle East and North Africa is invited... 

Dreams Deferred; Co-opting the Mideast Revolts

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

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... 

Who Are the Islamists?

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, left, meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 13, 2012. (Photo credit: AP) A search for the word “Islamist”... 

Kazeboon – A Poem

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... 

PODCAST: Interview with Ghanem Nuseibeh on Philanthropy in the Middle East & North Africa

In this Muftah podcast, we speak to Ghanem Nuseibeh, founder and director of Cornerstone Global Associates, a London-based consulting company, that, among other things, provides political and economic risk assessment... 

Military Decision-Making During the Arab Spring

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... 

On Mona El Tahawy’s “Hate” Argument

Mona El Tahawy’s latest article in Foreign Policy has provoked a firestorm of controversy in the blogosphere. Her provocative title “Why do they hate us?” evoked the much-loathed question posed by Bernard... 
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