Tag: Egypt blog series

January 24, 2014

The People Still Demand “Bread, Freedom, and Social Justice”

Joel Beinin offers the last word in our week-long blog series on the Egyptian uprising. by JOEL BEININ When the popular uprising against Hosni Mubarak erupted on January 25, 2011, I followed the events from my television and computer screens at Stanford, feeling that I …

Current Affairs, Middle East Studies, Politics
January 24, 2014

Year Four in Egypt: Regime Change and Resistance

On the current state of Egypt’s fraught political landscape. by JOSHUA STACHER As the third anniversary of Egypt’s uprising nears, pessimism permeates analyses of the country’s political trajectory. The Tamarud-inspired mobilization forced the country’s lead generals back to work after a 12-month retirement from governing …

Current Affairs, Middle East Studies