The Tunisian revolution, as a revolution of ordinary people, inspired the demonstrations in Egypt, leading to Mubarak’s fall. It has…
The power of a new political imagination
Tunisia
Egyptian revolution round-up
For the eighteen days that tens of thousands of Egyptians were rallying to push strongman Hosni Mubarak ever closer to…
The science of people power: An interview with Gene Sharp
Gene Sharp is the foremost strategist of nonviolent social change alive today. He holds a doctorate in political theory from…
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…
Withdrawing consent
For the last month, we have been witnessing, in Tunisia and Egypt, the first revolution of the twenty-first century. We…
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…
Will the Arab revolutions spread?
Marc Lynch responds to protests across the Arab world.