When the US Invasion of Iraq Stirred Political Waters in Egypt
Mona Sleem 2023-09-12
The United States invasion of Iraq marked a pivotal moment that presented an opportunity for shifting the political scene in...
Questions, and nothing but
Nahla Chahal 2021-12-06
No, the answer about how to change the world cannot lie in words, slogans, nor, more crucially, be obvious. Sticking...
Authoritarianism, economic liberalization, and the roots of the 2011 uprisings
2021-11-02
Assafir al-Arabi is publishing a series of articles about "2011", the event that shattered our region. These articles were produced...
An Incomplete Algerian Symphony
Omar Zelig 2021-02-28
Something liberating happened inside our heads. It was as if it had suddenly become possible to become actors in our...
2019-2020: Algerian Power versus the Hirak
Omar Benderra 2021-02-10
It would be delusional to look for ways out of the general economic, political, and social crisis through futile technical...
The Student Left in the Midst of the Revolutionary Movement in Tunisia
Motaa’ Amin El Waer 2020-05-17
The involvement of left-wing students, individually and in organizations, in all the forms of the political struggle, even in periods...
The Tunisian Left and the Geographies of Rage: On the Paradoxes of Presence and Absence
Fouad Ghorbali 2020-05-05
The welfare state was not the only one guilty of ignoring the "margins", whether in the cities or in the...
The Left in Morocco: A Question of Effectiveness
Said Oulfakir 2020-05-02
The reputation of the left in Morocco was smeared by its adoption of privatization. Leftist parties who had participated in...
The Tunisian Left After the Revolution: The Challenge of the Social Movements
Mohamed Rami Abdelmoula 2020-05-01
A closer look at the Tunisian Left today, considering four social movements that have occurred in the recent years: The...