Postscript on Twitter in Tunisia
Tunisia’s popular uprising began in December when a man set himself on fire in protest against a repressive, US-allied government. Quickly, one man’s gesture sparked a national movement that within a...
View ArticleResistance and Revolution
In the weeks since I returned from Egypt, I’ve made a number of previously scheduled talks, originally intended to cover Hezbollah and the most recent developments in Lebanon. I’ve made a stab at...
View ArticleThe Despair of Egypt
[Read the original post in The Atlantic.] The state of the revolution in Egypt is today, for me and probably many others watching it closely, cause for rage and despair. The case for despair is...
View ArticleAshraf Khalil and Wael Ghonim Write the Egyptian Revolution
My review of the two latest Egypt revolution books is up at The Daily Beast. I discuss Wael Ghonim’s memoir and Ashraf Khalil’s reported book about the uprising. Two books released this month can help...
View ArticleMissing in Egypt’s Latest Revolution: The People
A member of the Tamarod petition drive against Morsi gestures with an Egyptian flag in front of army soldiers in Cairo on July 3, 2013. (Amr Dalsh/Reuters) [Originally published in The Atlantic.]...
View ArticleAlaa Abdel Fattah on this moment of suspended hope
Alaa Abdel Fattah has been one of the most interesting thinkers and actors of the Egyptian revolution. He knows politics, history and street activism, and he’s put his body and his mind fully into the...
View ArticleFour years after Tahrir, what would make another uprising?
An anti-Mubarak protester in Tahrir Square, in November 2014 (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters) [Published in The Atlantic. Arabic translation available at Sasa Post.] CAIRO—Four years after the revolution...
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