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As usage continues to grow in the region, what’s the ongoing dynamic between the Middle East and social media? It’s complicated.
Giulio Regeni, a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, was carrying out research on the formation of independent trade unions in post-Mubarak Egypt.
When talking about the role that higher education can play in developing Africa, it’s important not to forget the continuing and crucial role of the continent’s flagship universities.
In an attempt to revive Egypt’s crucial tourism industry, its government has launched a series of sensational projects.
The demands of the Tahrir Square protests could scarcely have been clearer – and the crackdown since 2011 could hardly have been more galling.
The world is generally not safe for women. But some projects in North Africa provide a glimpse of hope as the world marks the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Western leaders insist that engaging with authoritarian regimes promotes human rights. They are missing the point.
Tourism is one of Egypt’s vital industries. So far, it has also proved to be a resilient one.
Downing of the Russian Metrojet airliner shows how a hitherto little-known terror group and its Islamic State parent may be adapting their tactics.
When the ‘Arab street’ came to Downing Street, passions ran high and fear and loathing were in the air.
Investigating an air crash is a delicate and complex task at the best of times – and Flight KGL9268 came down in one of the world’s most difficult regions.
Whatever caused the crash of a Russian airliner over the northern Sinai, it’s finally brought the world’s attention back to a critical security crisis.
The news that two British journalists and their unnamed Iraqi colleague were arrested and charged by the Turkish authorities [though released following publication of this article] for “engaging in terror…
Authoritarianism has failed to keep Egypt stable and secure, but General al-Sisi’s government is nonetheless doubling down.
Islamic State’s Egyptian affiliate has been terrorising the Sinai Peninsula for months – and now it’s upping the ante.
Two years ago, on August 14, more than 800 protesters against a coup were massacred in Cairo. A court recently upheld the death sentence for Egypt’s ousted elected leader.
It’s been assumed that most Arab countries are adamantly opposed to Iran’s regional rise and therefore not in favor of a nuclear deal. But is that really the case?
People sometimes overlook their profound differences if social forces unite them in a common, often ill-defined desire. Hostility to Muslims is creating an imagined solidarity that Islamists can exploit.
Egypt’s Islamist discontents are incensed at the abuse of the judicial system – and hellbent on sabotaging the country’s stability.
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ESRC PhD candidate, Lancaster University
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Visiting professor, Georgetown University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Aberdeen
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PhD candidate, University of the Pacific
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Professor, Weber State University
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professor and Chair of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor of History, University of Washington
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Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
