Arab Spring

Topic: Arab Spring

Mroué during his lecture performance "The Pixelated Revolution" (source: kampnagel.de)

Interview with the Lebanese media artist Rabih Mroué

"Images until victory?"

Is it possible to do a real revolution via digital media? Katerina Valdivia Bruch spoke to the Lebanese artist Rabih Mroué about his lecture performance "The Pixelated Revolution", which focuses on information transfer and the treatment and the power of images in the digital eraMore

Ifa exhibition: Syrian short films and videos: Somwhere between art and activism The Syrian art project "Cutting Away the Void": Documenting the tragedy of the Syrian revolt Bonn's Beethovenfest: Sounds of the Arab Spring

Libya, Al Koni and the Skhirat Agreement

A fatal blow

If the Skhirat Agreement (LPA) is not quickly and substantially amended to allow a new executable agreement to be reached, its end will have been written from within its own chapters. By Azza K. MaghurMore

Libya′s domestic crisis: On the road to nowhere Libya: Facing hell in Sirte Political crisis in Libya: United we stand?

The Syrian revolution

Girding the forces of change

"We will return, Aleppo" says the writing on the walls of the devastated city. These words defy Assad's claim that his regime's military victory is now complete, writes the Syrian dissident Akram al-BunniMore

The Syrian uprising five years on: Alive and kicking The situation post-Aleppo: An orphaned revolution Political transformation in the Arab world: Forget the people

Young street vendor waiting in vain for customers in Cairo

Sisi's Egyptian crisis

″Where are the youth?″

Back in early 2011, there was a spark of hope. The entire international community appreciated the Arab Spring uprisings, which were driven by young people demanding change in Egypt and other Arab countries. It seemed that everything was going to be fine. Six years later, a sense of gloom prevails in Egypt. By Basma El-MahdyMore

Post-revolution transformation in Egypt and Tunisia: Let them eat cake!Azza Soliman, an Egyptian feminist at risk: “What has Azza done?”Book review: ″Tahrir Tales: Plays from the Egyptian Revolution″: The drama of protest

Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, Russia's President Putin and the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Putin, Assad and the fall of Aleppo

Masters of disinformation

While the attention of the world is focused on events in Aleppo, Assad and his allies are talking about the "liberation" of the city. Some believe him, left wing anti-imperialists for example. By Emran FerozMore

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Cake celebrating the opening of the 2nd Suez Canal: "Long live Egypt!"

Post-revolution transformation in Egypt and Tunisia

Let them eat cake!

In Tunisia, members of civil society and the media may freely scrutinise the government and call for change. By contrast, writes Ishac Diwan, freedoms of expression and association are severely limited in Egypt where criticising government policies is tantamount to high treasonMore

Conscientious objection in Egypt: Playing the system Tahrir Square's democracy activists: The forgotten heroes Interview with Sihem Bensedrine: "We mustn't forget what happened!"

Fighters of the Libya's UN-backed government. Foto: Reuters

Libya′s domestic crisis

On the road to nowhere

Libya′s domestic crisis, which has been rumbling on since the outbreak of civil war in the summer of 2014, has peaked this year. With a gamut of issues – political, social, security and financial – confronting the country, Libya is more divided than ever. Houda Mzioudet writes from TunisMore

Libya: Facing hell in Sirte Political crisis in Libya: United we stand?Gaddafi and the West's military intervention: A nation forsworn, forsaken, forgotten

Tunisian Secretary of State Saida Ounissi (photo: Ennahda France)

Interview with Tunisian Secretary of State Saida Ounissi

Don′t marginalise your Muslims

In 2014, Saida Ounissi (29) was elected to the Tunisian Parliament as an MP for the Ennahda movement. She is currently Secretary of State to the Ministry of Vocational Training and Labour. In interview with Peter Schaefer, she describes growing up with Islamophobia and racism in France and suggests ways of preventing youth radicalisationMore

Interview with Ingrid Mattson: ″Muslim youngsters need genuine role models″The Islam debate The dual consciousness of Muslims The French crime writer Karim Miske in interview: ″There are no simple solutions″

Sihem Bensedrine, president of Tunisia′s Truth and Dignity Commission (photo: Sarah Mersch)

Interview with Sihem Bensedrine

"We mustn't forget what happened!"

Tens of thousands of people who suffered at the hands of Ben Ali's dictatorship have made submissions for compensation to the Tunisian Truth and Dignity Commission. The first public hearings were held in mid November. Sarah Mersch spoke to Sihem Bensedrine, president of the commissionMore

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Protesters in Rabat demand justice in the wake of Mouhcine Fikri's death

Unrest in Morocco

Condemned to eke out a living

Symptomatic of the widespread poverty and oppression within Moroccan society, the tragic death of the fishmonger Mouhcine Fikri has touched a raw nerve among the population. Attempts to defuse the situation are ongoing. Matthew Greene reports from RabatMore

Elections in Morocco: Enough austerity Reform in Morocco: Plagued by inertia Climate change consequences for the Islamic world: Of infernal proportions

Anti-governmental protests in Bahrain (photo: AP/picture-alliance)

Liberalism in the Arab world

Merely treading water

Arab liberal thinkers are seemingly unable to come up with realistic solutions to the ongoing socio-political crises and armed conflicts in the Arab world. An essay by the Lebanese journalist and writer Karam HilouMore

Social fabric and solidarity in the Arab world: The indifference of the Arab middle class nterview with Rami G. Khouri: Fragmentation of the Arab world Political transformation in the Arab world: Forget the people

Yemen′s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

Ali Abdullah Saleh and the conflict in Yemen

The lure of power

During the Arab Spring President Saleh faced widespread armed protests and was forced to leave office. Thanks to some unscrupulous wheeling and dealing, however, Saleh may yet pull off his bid to return to power. By Neville TellerMore

Saudi intervention in Yemen: Stoking the fires The destruction of Yemen's cultural heritage: Treasures of humanity under threat Political rule before and after the ″Arabellion″: Internal colonialism and counter-revolution

Protesters in Rabat demand reform during the Arab Spring, 2011 (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

Elections in Morocco

Enough austerity

Morocco′s Party for Justice and Development (PJD) faces a stiff confidence test on 7 October when parliamentary elections are held for the second time since constitutional reforms were adopted in 2011. Moreover, rumours that the Makhzen is finished with the PJD means that the main opposition – the Party for Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) – poses a serious challenge at the polls. Analysis by Matthew GreeneMore

Reform in Morocco: Plagued by inertia Religion and politics in Morocco: Blurred lines Democratic change in Morocco: The right king in the wrong monarchy?

Performance by Seda Roder at the Beethovenfest in Bonn (photo: Barbara Fromman)

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