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The Social Justice Blind Spots in the New Arab Constitutions

2019Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptHuman RightsJudicial AffairsPaperThe Century FoundationZaid Al-Ali
April 30, 2019 17:38 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Zaid Al-Ali Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/social-justice-blind-spots-new-arab-constitutions/ The Arab uprisings that began at the end of 2010 were motivated by a number of concerns, not least of which were unacceptably low standards of living and growing inequality in much of the region. The millions of people who participated in the...

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Creating a Constituency for Secularism: Questions for Lama Abu-Odeh

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsLama Abu-OdehPaperThe Century Foundation
April 23, 2019 18:28 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Lama Abu-Odeh Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/creating-constituency-secularism-questions-lama-abu-odeh/ Thanassis Cambanis: There’s a trend that’s really taken hold in analyses of Middle Eastern politics and culture, exemplified by the writers Talal Asad and the late Saba Mahmood, which holds that the only way to critically investigate...

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The Retreat from Universalism in the Middle East and the World

2019Culture, Education and DevelopmentDemocracy and PoliticsEgyptIslamic Movements and InstitutionsKarl SharroPaperThe Century Foundation
April 10, 2019 18:15 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Karl Sharro Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/retreat-universalism-middle-east-world/ The Islamic State may be close to defeat, but the wound it opened in the social and political fabric of the Middle East will take a long time to heal. It is not just the shock of the group’s ultraviolent tactics that will linger long

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How the World Should Respond to Egypt’s Authoritarian Resurgence

2018Democracy and PoliticsForeign RelationsMichael Wahid HannaPaperThe Century Foundation
March 22, 2018 14:20 pm
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s):  Michael Wahid Hanna Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/world-respond-egypts-authoritarian-resurgence/ Despite the Sisi regime’s heavy-handed culling of the electoral field for Egypt’s upcoming presidential election, international reaction to the country’s stifling political environment and escalating repression has been and will...

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The Politics of Egyptian Fine Art: Giving a Voice to the People

2017Culture, Education and DevelopmentEgyptPaperSultan Sooud Al QassemiThe Century Foundation
May 16, 2017 03:37 am
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/politics-egyptian-fine-art/ Snapshot: Egyptian artists have a long history of political engagement. Even in the mid-twentieth century, when they mostly relied on state funding, they made critiques of the ruling regimes, and created one of the few spaces where independent political...

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Speech Bubbles: Comics and Political Cartoons in Sisi’s Egypt

2017Culture, Education and DevelopmentJonathan GuyerMediaPaperThe Century Foundation
May 02, 2017 05:52 am
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Jonathan Guyer Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/speech-bubbles/ Snapshot: In print and online, Egyptian cartoonists have created sites of political dissent in defiance of a state-sponsored crackdown on opposition movements, public protest, and free speech. Based on analyses of cartoons and interviews with the artists, this chapter argues...

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Egypt’s Human Rights Movement Repression, Resistance, and Co-optation

2017Civil SocietyDemocracy and PoliticsHuman RightsKhaled MansourPaperThe Century Foundation
April 17, 2017 05:52 am
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Khaled Mansour Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/egypts-human-rights-movement/ Snapshot: Since the mid-1980s, the number of Egyptian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focusing on human rights has grown rapidly. But despite the proliferation of organizations, the human rights movement in Egypt has never been very effective, and is now...

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The Ultras Ahlawy Football, Violence, and the Quest for Justice

2017Civil SocietyEgyptHuman RightsKarim Medhat EnnarahPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Century Foundation
April 11, 2017 03:34 am
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Karim Medhat Ennarah Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/the-ultras-ahlawy/ Snapshot: The “Ultra” fans of Egyptian football emerged from the world of sport in 2011 to play an important role in the revolution. Then, in Port Said in February 2012, tragedy struck: seventy-two football fans were killed in a melee and stampede. The flawed

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Explaining Absence: The Failure of Egypt’s Liberals

2017Democracy and PoliticsMichael Wahid HannaPaperThe Century Foundation
March 21, 2017 05:56 am
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Michael Wahid Hanna Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/explaining-absence/ Snapshot: Explanations for the absence of liberalism in contemporary Egypt continue to rely on simplistic analyses that present the Arab world as doomed by age-old traditions and rigid texts. With a detailed discussion of Egypt’s dynamic history, this chapter presents...

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New Neighborhood Power Informal Popular Committees and Changing Local Governance in Egypt

2017Civil SocietyClija HardersDemocracy and PoliticsDina WahabEgyptPaperThe Century Foundation
February 14, 2017 03:34 am
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Clija Harders, Dina Wahab Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/new-neighborhood-power/ Snapshot: After the uprising of 2011, new forms of political participation emerged, among them the popular committees (lijan sha’abiyah). Initially convened mainly to ensure security at the neighborhood level, the committees came to life after the withdrawal...

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Egyptian National Security as Told by the Nile

2016EgyptOmar NasefPaperSecurity and Counter-TerrorismThe Century Foundation
August 04, 2016 03:40 am
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Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Omar Nasef Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/report/egyptian-national-security-told-nile/ Snapshot: Since its 2011 uprising, Egypt has faced heightened political, security, and economic risks—ranging from a failed state on its western borders (Libya), rising domestic militancy and terrorism, severe fiscal and foreign exchange crises, and dwindling...

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