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6 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 2011, illustrate how dire economic…

11 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…

24 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…

Studies

Studies

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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Hazem Nahar22 December، 2020

The Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Human Rights in Syria

Abstract This research is unusual in that it looks at the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for human rights in…
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Sofian Philip NaceurSara Creta21 December، 2020

Socio-Political Struggles in Sudan and Algeria at Stake amid Covid-19 Crisis

Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Sudan and Algeria during one of the most delicate phases of their respective political…
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Otman Ziani21 December، 2020

The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism in the time of Covid-19: The Case of North Africa

Abstract At the forefront of measures adopted by North African states in response to the Covid-19 pandemic was the deployment…
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Views

Views

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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Ahmed Abd Rabou13 October، 2020

Conference Proceeding: The Future of Secular Opposition in Egypt

On 3 July 2013, Egypt’s military ousted president Mohamed Morsi and installed an interim government lasting until then-Minister of Defence…
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Asmar Morad Salah29 September، 2020

Conference Proceeding: Dynamics of Socioeconomic Protest in Egypt in the time of Authoritarian Neoliberalism

On 2 September 2019, a video about military corruption, especially in regards to the construction of a new presidential palace,…
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Louay Abdelfettah17 December، 2020

Book Review: The Geopolitics of Covid-19

Géopolitique du Covid-19: Ce que nous révèle le crise du coronavirus [The Geopolitics of Covid-19:…
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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
19 May، 2020

Book Review: Democratization against Democracy

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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