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Egyptian Workers After June 30 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Date: August 23, 2013 Author(s): Joel Beinin The independent labor movement that has flourished in Egypt since the ouster of former president Husni Mubarak enthusiastically supported the Tamarru.....
On Egypt's Day of Infamy 21 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
Author(s): The Editors August 14, 2013 was a day whose events and meaning Egyptians will be debating fiercely for decades to come. Following that day’s bloodshed, Egypt is in the middle of its most....
Catastrophe in Cairo 16 Aug 2013 | 11:50 pm
Author(s): Amanda Ufheil-Somers The weak US response to the August 14 massacre of protesters in Egypt signals a preference for the Egyptian military's vision of stability over the uncertainty of a ....
An "Electoral Uprising" in Iran 19 Jul 2013 | 07:38 pm
Date: July 19, 2013 Author(s): Kevan Harris “Last night I sat in traffic with my wife and daughters for three hours,” a Tehran office manager recounted, “and the car did not move one meter.” The.....
Whither Egypt's Democracy? 13 Jul 2013 | 03:24 am
Author(s): Ahmad Shokr On July 3 I walked down the Nasr City autostrade toward the Raba‘a al-‘Adawiyya mosque, where the Muslim Brothers of Egypt were holding a sit-in. Two and a half hours would p....
The World According to Beblawi 11 Jul 2013 | 09:19 pm
Author(s): Joshua Stacher It took a day of back-room negotiations, but the powers behind Egypt’s throne finally settled on Hazem Beblawi, an economist, as interim prime minister. Beblawi, 76, serve....
Egypt in Year Three 11 Jul 2013 | 12:55 am
Date: July 10, 2013 Author(s): The Editors Was the gathering of millions in Egypt on June 30 the continuation of a revolution or the occasion for a coup d’état? The answer is “both,” but the que.....
Connecting Dots 29 Jun 2013 | 01:37 am
Author(s): Darryl Li The life history of typographical and other errors is sometimes interesting, especially when it comes to “terrorism studies” and the panic of the national security state. For ....
In Guantanamo, Offshoring Prisoners and Workers Alike 28 Jun 2013 | 11:19 pm
Author(s): Darryl Li When I traveled to the US military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba in 2009 to visit a client imprisoned there, the daily routine was straightforward: Every morning, legal teams re....
Of Bodies and Blank Notebooks 28 Jun 2013 | 10:59 pm
Author(s): Al Miskin A man walks into a library and asks the librarian for a book on human rights in Saudi Arabia. The librarian hands him a blank notebook. A woman walks into a bookstore and asks....
