A viable Libyan state that will restore normalcy and security to the daily lives of its citizens must be given the same priority as the international community’s immediate desire to combat Daesh.
The reaction to the public stripping of a Coptic grandmother in Upper Egypt reminds us of the power of popular campaigns to shame those who use embodied concepts of honour politically.
Modern day Islamism represents the interests of a specific social class that has few qualms about current social and economic structures.
Laws criminalising prostitution have done incredible damage to sex workers over the years but they have never succeeded in ending the practice. For that reason alone they should be opposed. Español
Shadi Hamid's claims that the Western war in Libya went well ignore significant evidence of disaster.
In Egypt, both the ruling elites and the urban middle class cling to the military regime, in the hope that they will be protected from a seemingly inevitable tide of social unrest.
The effects of climate change and neoliberalism converge in Kerkennah in the worst possible way – but the islands are fighting back.
التيار الديموقراطي في مصر كان تياراً عابراً محدوداً وُلد في ظرف معين وانتهي سريعا. وإنشاء تيار ديموقراطي قوي في مصر لن يتم سوي بإبعاد المفاهيم الخاطئة عن الماضي. English
The police institution is the ugliest reflection of authority in Egypt. It is almost a duty to hate it – but this hatred breeds self-loathing. عربي
The constitution-making process must remain wedded to the public interest in the peace process, and not simply the narrow interests of political elites.
An effective second generation human security policy that would actually improve everyday security, both in conflict zones and in Europe, may well be critical for the very survival of the EU.
Neither Sisi nor anyone else can bring stability to the country without radical social transformation, to address the key issues that brought about revolt in the first place.
