For the last month, we have been witnessing, in Tunisia and Egypt, the first revolution of the twenty-first century. We…
Withdrawing consent
Egypt
Victory
Hosni Mubarak has stepped down after three decades of authoritarian rule in Egypt.
Power, normality, revolution
The degree of success of the Egyptian revolution is still undecided as I write these lines. The situation is critical,…
A post-Islamist Middle East?
Writing in what is quickly becoming one of the prime sources of English-language cultural and political commentary on recent events…
“Does Egypt Need a Pharaoh?”
Political scientists Alfred Stepan and Juan Linz argue, in an article for Project Syndicate, that a democratic transition following the…
Breaking the fear barrier in Egypt
"January 28th marked a major rupture in Egyptian history: it is the day Egyptians truly broke the fear barrier created…
The road to Tahrir
While the uprising in Egypt caught most observers of the Middle East off guard, it did not come out of…
Fear for the uprising
SSRC-IDRF fellow Omar Cheta assesses the situation in Egypt.
Space and resistance
It is illuminating to ponder the recent events in Cairo’s Midan al-Tahrir as we try to understand the relationship between…
Tariq Ramadan and Slavoj Žižek on the future of Egyptian politics
Tariq Ramadan and Slavoj Zizek on the future of Egyptian politics [video].