Thomas Farr, in his recent post, links the mass protests in the Arab world, combined with the persecution of Christian…
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Thinking about revolution, religion, and Egypt with Talal Asad
Reflecting on the consequences of the recent events in Egypt for the theory of religion, Carl Raschke writes that the…
Islam and the compulsion of the political
Invariably, contemporary discussions of Islam seem to begin and end with the relationship between Islam and politics—both anti-Islamic pundits and…
Panel discussion on Iran’s Green Movement and the upheaval in the Middle East
This Friday, February 25, at 6:00 PM, there will be a panel discussion of the resurgence of the Iranian Green…
The power of a new political imagination
The Tunisian revolution, as a revolution of ordinary people, inspired the demonstrations in Egypt, leading to Mubarak’s fall. It has…
Debating European multiculturalism
Earlier this week, Eurozine published three pieces by European intellectuals---Cécile Laborde, Claus Leggewie, and Kenan Malik---responding to the recent attacks…
An historic expression of synergy and resistance
In The Nation, Saba Mahmood weighs in on the factors that facilitated the historic events recently witnessed in Egypt, and the tasks that lie ahead…
“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…
Fear for the uprising
SSRC-IDRF fellow Omar Cheta assesses the situation in Egypt.