Symposium: Tunisia, the 1st Anniversary
A rather splendid event to be held at the University of Brighton for those interested in all things Tunisian, revolutionary …
Category Archives: Politics
Wasta and British Academia
(I wish I could commence this post with ‘It started;’ alas, it commenced long before my time.) Last Monday I …
d’Artocratie, Ishmael
This morning is glorious: the sky is blue, the chill is barely frigid and I have discovered two things that …
If Women Ruled Politics
In a similar vein to the previous post, following the 1929 Palestinian Arab Women’s Congress in Jerusalem, in which calls …
Another Egypt, Another Revolution
An Egypt of 1919 to be exact, and one about to be betrothed to the British Mandate. On the cusp …
Saudi’s Day of Rage Begins Early
Although one could reason that the Musk Revolution began the day Saudi revolutionary activist Faisal Ahmed Abdul-Ahadwas was silenced by a …
US: Saudi Arabia to Arm Benghazi?
(I purposefully dropped the additional ‘rebels’ from Benghazi as it reeks of negativity – remember, they are fighting against Qaddafi.) …
Qaddafi’s Western Academic Stooges
Synonymous though Sundays are with tranquillity and kindness (doesn’t the world seem a kinder place with church bells clanging and Labradors gambolling with small children feeding …
An End to Amn al-Dawla
Just as dictators inhabit realms of egotistical fancy, so too do their cronies reside in a land of denial. Having …
The Revolution of the Youth
Or is it? Although today’s workshop ‘Arab Youth Politics: Challenges and Aspirations’ primarily aimed to gage the involvement of the …
