Zuccotti Park Requiem
Woodstock lasted a long weekend amid rain and mud; the Zuccotti Park encampment lasted two months amid rain and snow. Neither was precisely planned. A for-profit music festival, Woodstock was...
View ArticleA Lesson Not Yet Learned: How the Left in Israel has Hijacked the Memory of...
This month, in what is now called Rabin Square, an event took place marking the 16th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at a peace rally by right-wing radical...
View ArticleEarly Election Observations in Egypt
On the first day of voting, I took a morning stroll through our neighborhood to see the early activity surrounding our four public schools hosting parliamentary elections. Polls opened at 8am, and I...
View ArticleBrotherhood Deliberations
After the crisis in Tahrir Square finally deescalated through the courageous act of thousands of women marching to the square, demanding an end to violence, political leverage is being sought as...
View ArticleHarnessing Winds of Change (and Entrepreneurship) In Tunisia
A year and a half into the "new" Tunisia, a team of entrepreneurial engineers may revolutionize renewable energy. Hassine Labaied and Anis Aouini of Saphon Energy have introduced a new technology...
View ArticleFrom Arab Spring to Art Spring in Tunis
The “Enchanted Forest” appears both fragile and permanent, multiple and unique. These qualities could describe Rita Alaoui’s marble installation at Printemps Des Arts Fair Tunis 2012 and also the...
View ArticleTunisian Youth Speak Out for Peace
Political and social differences sparked tension last week in Tunis, resulting in security alerts and a four-day curfew. Among causes for the clash, Islamist protesters objected to a contemporary art...
View ArticleTowards A New Constitution: Images of Progress in Tunisia
A few weeks ago, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) hosted a national debate on the drafting of the country’s new constitution. The event was attended by many distinguished guests...
View ArticleAn Interview with Meherzia Laabidi, VP of the Tunisian National Constituent...
Tunisia has been called the success story of the Arab Spring. Far from the chaos in Syria and the political power struggles in Egypt, Tunisia’s democratic transition has been relatively smooth and...
View ArticleIn Jordan, an Uproar Over Internet Censorship
Within the Middle East, Jordan has long been a leader in Internet freedom. It is precisely for that reason that many free speech activists in the kingdom were deeply concerned when the Ministry of...
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