The unfinished business of the Tunisian revolution
Meryam Joobeur’s film, Brotherhood explores Tunisia’s outsized role in the Syrian conflict.
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Yousef Khalil
Yousef Khalil writes about Palestine, the Arab world and critical economics.
Algeria, Sudan, and the Arab Spring
The mass of people in North Africa are still a force to be reckoned with and the region is still far away from a return to authoritarian stagnation.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government loves Africa
A big reason for this is to counter the growing success of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
The Arab Left at an Impasse
That the recent revolutions failed to transcend political stagnation, is a product of the way neoliberalism functions as an ideology.
Behind the new Gulf crisis is same old order
The Gulf States and Israel benefit tremendously from the authoritarian order that has kept the region underdeveloped and unfree for decades.
Finding humor in Egypt’s tragedy
The rise and fall of television satire reflects the tragedy and disillusionment of the post-Morsi era.
The Legacy of the Algerian Revolution
One of the most enduring legacies of colonialism is the idea that it is impossible to contemplate a future in which the rest of the world does not resemble Europe.
Repackaging Third Way liberalism
Vox’s glossy presentations, crisp design and slick animations serve neoliberalism easily digestible to younger people and conducive to social media shares.
The Arabs had a country
No figure in the Arab world embodies the ideals and contradictions of Pan-Arabism than Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser.