Egypt Revolution 2011
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The Arab Spring's Balance Sheet
The Grapes of Arab Wrath
According to Wadah Khanfar, the West has to wake up and accept the Arab people's will, recognize the scale of the historic change sweeping through the region and support genuine democracy in the Arab world. If the Arab Spring fails, the result will not be a return to pro-West dictatorships, but the triggering of a "tsunami of rage"
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The Cultural Scene in Egypt
Creative Artists Are the Motor for Change
Creative artists in Arab countries are playing a key role in the revolutionary process. But their efforts are being hampered by poor infrastructure. This is where international cultural work can help, says Günther Hasenkamp, Programme Director at the Goethe Institute in Cairo
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Interview with George Ishak
''We Need a New Revolution''
George Ishak, an Egyptian democracy activist and founder of the popular "Kifaya" protest movement that opposed the former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, is confident that the people of Egypt will not accept being dictated to by the military in the long run. Joseph Mayton spoke to him about the current situation in Egypt
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Interview with Ahdaf Soueif
Happy to Follow the Tahrir Youth's Lead
One year after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian author and activist Ahdaf Soueif is full of hope for the revolution to achieve its final aims of human rights and social justice. In this interview with Christoph Dreyer, she talks about changed Western perceptions of the Arab world, her relation to the Tahrir youth, and the balance between explaining the revolution and taking part in it
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Twelve Months after the Start of the Arab Spring
Year Two of the Rebellions
According to Middle East expert Volker Perthes, the phrase "Arab Spring" is misleading because the Arab World is only at the start of what will be a prolonged period of change. Perthes identifies four factors that will have a major influence on how things develop in the region
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Interview with Margot Badran
''This Revolution Challenges Patriarchy''
According to Margot Badran, framing the quest for democracy as a battle between secularists and Islamists is a distraction that will delay, if not derail, the cause of building a vibrant, egalitarian Egypt. An interview by Elisa Pierandrei
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Interview with Alaa Al Aswany
''We're Still at the Beginning''
Alaa Al Aswany qualified as a dentist, but is better known to the world as the best-selling author of The Yacoubian Building and one of the spokespersons of the "Kifaya" protest movement. In this interview, he tells Thomas Kohlmann that the revolution on Tahrir Square, of which he was a part, will continue and that it is really only at the beginning
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Review of Michael Lüders' book on the Arab Spring
How the Arab Revolution Is Changing the World
In his book about the Arab Spring, the well-known Middle East expert and journalist Michael Lüders criticises the West's one-dimensional view of the historic events that have shaken the Arab world over the past year. Sebastian Sons read the book
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Interview with the Egyptian Activist Bouthaina Kamel
''The Revolution Is Not Over as Long as the Military Rules''
The Egyptian journalist and presidential candidate Bouthaina Kamel is making serious allegations against the Egyptian military council, which she does not believe will hand over power after the elections. Ahmed Obeida spoke to her about these and other aspects of the situation in Egypt
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PEN Award for the Egyptian Publisher Mohammed Hashim
A Father of the Revolution
The publisher Mohammed Hashim has been awarded the Hermann Kesten Prize of the German PEN Club. Hashim has not only distinguished himself as a publisher, he has also been directly and substantially involved in supporting the Egyptian revolutionaries. Stefan Weidner sends us this tribute
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Egypt's Parliamentary Elections
Moving in the Wrong Direction?
The upcoming elections in Egypt will be the first free parliamentary poll after three decades of Mubarak's rule, and their outcome will have a key influence on the political future of this large Arab nation. But the process is being overshadowed by irritation at the complexity of electoral regulations, economic insecurity and recent unrest. Amira El Ahl reports from Cairo
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The Imprisoned Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah
An Open Letter from a Cairo Prison Cell
"Instead of arresting the murderer of the blogger Khaled Said, the military imprisoned me, just before the birth of my son. The only good thing is that the protests are continuing," writes Alaa Abdel Fattah, one of the Egyptian revolution's best-known bloggers and activists