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8 July، 2021

Views: Have We Understood Transformations in Tunisia over the Last Decade?

This text offers a critical reading of the perspective from which many human rights activists have understood transformations in Tunisia…

24 June، 2021

Views: Egypt’s Criminalisation of Minority Free Speech through Blasphemy Cases

The revolution of 25 January 2011 gave most religious minorities in Egypt a genuine opportunity to step into the public…

3 June، 2021

The Reality and Future of Reforms in Morocco 2011-2021: The Question of Authority

Abstract The following paper is a study of Morocco’s political experience, which was often described as smooth and reformist in…

Studies

Studies

Sara TonsyAly el-Raggal20 May، 2021

How Did Sisi Reproduce Authoritarianism in Egypt?

Abstract ‘Respecting the will of Egyptians is nobler than assuming power.’ Thus said Field Marshal Abdel Fattah El-Sisi before assuming…
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Fouad Aalouane17 May، 2021

Elections and Democratic Transition in North Africa: The Case of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

Abstract A revolution or activist movement alone is not enough to guarantee a successful democratic transition. This requires mechanisms for…
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Inés Jiménez Llorente26 April، 2021

A Worrisome Trend: Travel Bans Imposed on Human Rights Defenders in the MENA Region

Abstract Many human rights defenders (HRDs) are targeted by authoritarian governments for their work promoting and protecting human rights. These…
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Giulia CiminiHicham Mansouri23 December، 2020

Securing Essential Rights in Times of Pandemic: Healthcare Access in Morocco during the Covid-19 Crisis

Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has put the Moroccan healthcare system to the test. Although the government of Morocco has successfully…
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Views

Bahey eldin Hassan11 February، 2021

Views: Did the Egyptian Revolution Fail?

The uprising of 25 January 2011 was the first significant revolt against the system of governance created in Egypt in…
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Slaheddine Jourchi24 December، 2020

Views: The Human Rights Movement, Covid-19, and the Challenges of a Critical Juncture

There is abundant cause for more far-reaching research on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on rights and freedoms, which…
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Eberhard Kienle16 December، 2020

Views: Comments on Bahey eldin Hassan’s ‘Defending Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19’

In a recent contribution, Bahey eldin Hassan discusses three broad dynamics that alone or in partial combination could shape global…
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Massaoud Romdhani27 November، 2020

Views: Covid-19, the Crisis Compounding the Fragility of an Exhausted Region

Each new day brings news of more cases of Covid-19, with a mounting number of infected people and a mounting…
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Mona Ibrahim16 October، 2020

Conference Proceeding: Egypt’s Military-Controlled Economy Beset with Monopolies, Corruption, and Social Unrest

Within the past six years, a new military regime took form in Egypt under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Officers and…
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Cedric D'Hondt6 April، 2021

Book Review: The Roots of Revolt by Angela Joya

The popular demands ‘bread, freedom and social justice’, which resonated across the Egyptian streets in…
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17 December، 2020

Book Review: The Geopolitics of Covid-19
30 November، 2020

Book Review – Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World
3 November، 2020

Book Review: Revolts and the Military in the Arab Spring
28 May، 2020

Book Review: Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression

The Challenges Facing the Human Rights Movement

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Salam Kawakibi22 January، 2019

The Human Rights Movement in Syria: Between Challenge and Hope

[1]Historical background The human rights movement in Syria is still in the embryonic phase. Its first breakthrough came in July…
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Moataz Elfegiery15 January، 2019

Defending Human Rights in Egypt in a Time of Crisis

This paper aims to describe and analyze how Egyptian human rights organizations have worked under a closed, authoritarian political system…
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Massaoud Romdhani8 January، 2019

New Social Movements in Arab North Africa: Protest Actions but no Political Project

Beginnings The new social movements witnessed in the wider Arab North Africa (Maghreb) arose from community initiatives unaffiliated with political…
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Slaheddine Jourchi7 January، 2019

The Rights Movement and Islamists: An Ongoing Crisis of Trust

There have been many changes in the human rights movement’s relationship with political Islamist movements in the Arab world, particularly…
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Radwan Ziadeh28 December، 2018

Double standards: The stances of Arab human rights organizations on the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria

There can be no doubt that the ongoing crisis in Syria is the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the 21st century.…
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Michele Dunne28 December، 2018

Support for Human Rights in the Arab World: A Shifting and Inconsistent Picture

Since 2011, human rights defenders and organizations in the Arab world that were built over approximately three decades have come…
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