Arab Spring
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The Arab League Comes Alive (Middle East Quarterly)
MDC Principal Research Fellow Dr. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman analyzes the effect of the Arab Spring on the Arab League's effectiveness.
Women's Bodies under Attack: Tahrir Square as a Site for Collective Abuse
Samir Ben-Layashi examines sexual harassment against women in Tahrir Square and in the broader context of Egyptian society.
The "Arab Spring": The Origins of a Misnomer
Prof. Asher Susser discusses the term "Arab Spring" and Western observers' tendency to ignore the uniqueness of the Middle East in the name of post-modern paradigms.
Egypt: The "Stolen" Revolution?
Research fellow Dr. Mira Tzoreff discusses the success of the Islamist parties in the recent Egyptian elections, and what this means for the Egyptian political future.
Women in the 'New Egypt': What's Next?
MDC Research Assistant Alona Ferber examines the key issue of women's rights in the post-Mubarak era of Egypt.
North Africa’s Democratic Prospects (FPRI)
Principal Research Fellow Dr. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman analyzes the dynamics and challenges facing Tunisia, Libya, Morocco and Algeria, the countries of the “Maghreb” (Arab-Islamic “West”), in the wake of the upheavals of 2011.