Tag: Egypt

August 26, 2015

Engaging Iran and Cuba

When it comes to adversarial states, diplomatic aims are better served by engagement, not isolation.

Politics, Security Studies
May 15, 2015

A Fraught Commemoration

A brief history of the observance and politics of Nakba day.

Middle East Studies
December 10, 2014

Human Rights: A Fragile Hegemony

Human rights, as popularly conceived, have a troubling genealogy. By Boaventura de Sousa Santos

History, Politics, Sociology
September 10, 2014

A Usable Past

How regimes shore up power through national narratives. Of all the factors that have been considered and evaluated as primers for the pervasive nature of authoritarianism in the Middle East, perhaps none are quite so crucial, nor quite so overlooked, as that of the national …

Middle East Studies
September 2, 2014

Our Fall Catalog (as Told by A Flowchart)

A quick visual guide to help you navigate our Fall 2014 offerings. You're welcome. A new season means new books, and as we steadily transition into Fall, it's time for SUP to roll out our Fall 2014 catalog, featuring books on everything from intellectual property …

Stanford Press News
July 30, 2014

The Other Israelis

The radical Jewish left in Israel and Gaza is lending its voice to the outcry on behalf of Gazans. by ORIT BASHKIN This image was created by political satirist, Amir Schiby, following the deaths of Ahed Atef Bakr, Zakaria Ahed Bakr, Mohamed Ramez Bakr, and …

Current Affairs, Middle East Studies
July 28, 2014

Isolating Gaza

The restriction of Palestinian movement in Gaza and elsewhere has long been a central tactic of the Israeli occupation. by ILANA FELDMAN During the latest Israeli assault on Gaza considerable media coverage has been given to the Israeli tactic of calling people a few minutes …

Current Affairs, History, Middle East Studies, Security Studies
July 28, 2014

A City-Sized Prison-House

With Israeli forces besieging Gaza again, Western ambivalence is inexcusable. by LORI ALLEN A fence encircling Gaza, taken in 2005. The no-man’s-land that surrounds the entrance to the Gaza Strip from Israel is a surreal space. Most of the time, it is a hot, flat, …

Current Affairs, Middle East Studies
July 17, 2014

The Origin Story of the Muslim Brotherhood

Author Beth Baron describes how one of today's most notorious and polarizing organizations first came to be. Q: You describe the Muslim Brotherhood as emerging from a battle “for the bodies and souls of Egypt’s children”—can you elaborate on that? What motivated the formation of …

History, Middle East Studies, Religious Studies
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