25 Jan 2012
A year of revolution: Lessons learned
Egypt
January 22, 2012
A year of revolution: Lessons learned
On 11 February 2011, jubilation broke out in Tahrir Square after Vice President Omar Suleiman announced a victory for the…
One year on, the labor revolution is stalling
Business
January 22, 2012
One year on, the labor revolution is stalling
On 30 January, only five days into the revolution, the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions was born, the first…
Year one of the Egyptian revolution: Some lessons
Opinion
January 22, 2012
Year one of the Egyptian revolution: Some lessons
Revolutions, as students of the French and the Russian ones know full well, require an inflammatory event, something that Vladimir…
Q&A with Asef Bayat: ‘Not yet a full-fledged revolution’
Egypt
January 22, 2012
Q&A with Asef Bayat: ‘Not yet a full-fledged revolution’
Asef Bayat, a professor of sociology and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who previously taught…
The State of the Revolutionaries
Opinion
January 20, 2012
The State of the Revolutionaries
1 Before he got out of his car, his mobile phone had already begun to ring.“No sir, like you know, they’re…
Update: Over 10,000 in Tahrir for ‘Friday of the Martyrs’ Dreams,’ say witnesses
Egypt
January 20, 2012
Update: Over 10,000 in Tahrir for ‘Friday of the Martyrs’ Dreams,’ say witnesses
Thousands of protesters occupied Tahrir Square throughout the day Friday in a protest they have called the "Friday of the…