Pan-Arabism | Arab Nationalism
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The Arab world
Arabic: the last tie that binds
In terms of politics, economics, religion and culture, the paths of the Arab states diverge. The once proclaimed unity between them has been consigned to the history books. Only one thing still binds them together: the Arabic language. By Kersten Knipp
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Interview with Stefan Meister
"The Syria crisis is legitimising Putin"
Russia's backing of Bashar al-Assad and his regime is a geopolitical game, says Stefan Meister, expert in Russian foreign and security policy. Above all, however, Vladimir Putin is benefitting domestically from his Syria policy. The confrontation with the West is making him a key figure in world politics. Interview by Jannis Hagmann
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The Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar
Can Mathaf Restore a Pan-Arab Artistic Identity?
In 2010, Mathaf (the Arab Museum of Modern Art) was opened in the Gulf state of Qatar. In his essay, Sultan Sooud al-Qassemi provides an overview of pan-Arabism in recent decades and looks at what this museum can do to restore a pan-Arab cultural identity that has been neglected and in some cases even vilified for decades
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Essay by Adania Shibli
Recalling Edward Said's Thought Today
The influential theorist and public intellectual Edward W. Said produced a body of work that, right up to the present, resonates worldwide in a variety of fields. Ten years after his death, Adania Shibli takes a look at his legacy, and what it means to us today
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After the Coup in Egypt
A Dark Chapter in Egyptian Liberalism
The military's deposition of Egypt's elected president has been welcomed by the Muslim Brotherhood's liberal opponents. In this essay, Khaled Hroub explains why this is a historic error
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Egypt after the Military Coup
Dead End
Egypt's new regime has abandoned any attempts to give itself a fig leaf of legitimization. Armed forces chief Sisi has only widened the gulf between the camps. A commentary by Rainer Hermann
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Interview with the Tunisian Philosopher Mohamed Turki
''The Arab Spring Could Turn out to Be a Twilight of the Gods''
Mohamed Turki is a philosopher of history, a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Tunis and a member of the Society for Intercultural Philosophy. In this interview with Ceyda Nurtsch, he speaks about the risks and opportunities of the Arab Spring and explains why an intercultural approach is unavoidable when creating new democracies
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Democratisation Processes in Historic Comparison
Arab Nations Are No Longer Onlookers
In the view of Paul Salem, Director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Arab nations are assuming a leading role in the promotion of democratisation. They are no longer, as has been the case in past decades, just looking on from afar
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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 Arab Spring and the "Nahda" Reform Movement
The Second Arab Renaissance
The democracy movement of 2011 is not the first such upswing to grip the Arab world. It revives the hopes associated with the "Nahda", or "Arab Renaissance", of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. An analysis by Jean-Pierre Filiu
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Libya after Gaddafi
How the 'Brother Leader' Remained in Power So Long
When Muammar Gaddafi toppled King Idris I, he was less than 30 years old. Yet this very man managed to stay in power for almost 42 years, surviving countless coups and assassination attempts. He himself never expected to stay in control for so long, so how did he do it? By Mustafa Fetouri
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Fascism and National Socialism in Egypt
Dynamite for Social Relations
The political developments in Europe in the inter-war period were closely monitored and discussed in Egypt at the time. However, because of their racist base, Fascism and National Socialism were rejected by most leading intellectuals in the country. By Götz Nordbruch