Middle East & North Africa

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  • Dispatch: The Algerian exception?

    Arabist Blog  |  17/05/2012 06:28am  |  

    Our friend Abu Ray, a journalist covering North Africa, sent in this dispatch from Algeria where he was to cover the recent parliamentary elections, in which the ruling FLN won against expectations that Islamist parties would do well, as they have done... More

  • Links May 6-12 2012

    Arabist Blog  |  13/05/2012 08:21am  |  

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  • The US military's Islam problem

    Arabist Blog  |  10/05/2012 09:43am  |  

    The US military: the word's most advanced fighting force, technologically bleeding edge, probably the most complex logistics and planning effort by anyone on the planet. The core of the American empire. Unfortunately, it is also plagued by complete... More

  • Google's Howard Carter Doodle

    Arabist Blog  |  09/05/2012 11:56am  |  

    Google has a nice doodle today celebrating the 138th birthday of Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of King Tut and other goodies. More

  • What I've been up to lately (besides obsessing over presidential elections)

    Arabist Blog  |  09/05/2012 08:17am  |  

    An article on curricular and education reform in Egypt and Tunisia (which with the exception of some edits to the civic education books -- the most egregious offenders in terms of flattering references to the countries' dictators -- hasn't really started... More

  • Podcast #29: Presidency or bust!

    Arabist Blog  |  08/05/2012 20:01pm  |  

    There's 15 days left to the Egyptian presidential elections. We examine the insurgent campaign of Islamist Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, ask whether the Muslim Brothers are dangerously off-balance as they try to catch up, look at Amr Moussa's claim that... More

  • Hosni Mubarak, the man with no ideas

    Arabist Blog  |  07/05/2012 16:48pm  |  

    Mubarak, having come of age during the era of the Free Officers and having witnessed Sadat’s assassination first-hand, saw the problems associated with trying to resolve Egypt’s underlying identity questions through some bold ideological... More

  • Meanwhile in Juba...

    Arabist Blog  |  07/05/2012 12:23pm  |  

    I'm pretty sure I just recognized a (current? former?) Amn al-Dawla [State Security] officer eating lunch at one of the fanciest hotels in Juba (which is not saying much). He was talking to an older fat man about a whore. I relayed this information to... More

  • Sartorial guide to the GCC

    Arabist Blog  |  07/05/2012 09:46am  |  

    My favorite thing about the GCC: people there look extremely elegant. Sultan al-Qassemi once explained to me the subtle variations in style across different countries and region of the Gulf, it was fascinating. Via Sultan. More

  • Aboul Fotouh's puppet TV ad

    Arabist Blog  |  06/05/2012 12:03pm  |  

    I have some doubts and reservations about the candidate, but this television ad for Aboul Fotouh is super cute. More

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