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Five years on: Why the Arab Spring is here to stay — and win
Despite highly destructive counter-revolutionary forces like a-Sisi in Egypt and ISIL in Iraq and Syria, there are grassroots movements across the region demanding governments that serve the people — all of the people. By Yoav Haifawi* On Friday, August 28, 2015, demonstrators in southern and central Iraq (those parts of the country not under “Islamic…
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September 16, 2015
In Cairo, a demoralizing spectacle
This time ‘people power’ returned Egypt to the Mubarak era, only worse. Since I spend most of my writing time denouncing the Israeli public for its rotten political inclinations, I think I have the right to call it as I see it about the Egyptian public, which has really put on a show these last…
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Larry Derfner
July 5, 2013
‘In this room there is no Islam’: The Shah’s ‘special relationship’ with Iran’s Israeli community
A new documentary tells about the lives the Israeli community living in Iran during the 1960s and 1970s. But will the film be enough to challenge the dominant Israeli narrative regarding the root of animosity between the two countries? By Lior Sternfeld / Haokets It seems that the mechanisms of remembrance and forgetfulness worked perfectly in shaping…
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Haokets
June 8, 2013
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Block by block, Egyptians fight their past for a new future
‘For me, today is one of the days of the revolution,’ Egyptian poet Zain El-Abdeen Fouad says, describing the recent unrest as part of a process of a continuing social transformation. ‘The [revolt against Mubarak] sparked the revolution and it never ended. The revolution will continue until it achieves its goals.’ By Jesse Rosenfeld CAIRO…
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January 27, 2013
Where is the social protest movement in the Israeli elections?
Did the revolution lose its sex appeal? Did the J14 leaders enable politicians to ignore them? Whatever the reason, it is clear that the main benefactor of this state of affairs is Prime Minister Netanyahu. By Ilan Manor With the elections just two weeks away, it has become apparent that the 2013 elections are no…
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January 13, 2013
The new Egypt – not so ‘dark’ after all
Despite the way it has been depicted in popular Israeli newspapers, the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate for president was less a vote for Islamism than a vote against dictatorship. Since the glory of the Tahrir revolt last January and February, things in Egypt have seemed to go downhill. The young secular idealists who started the protests were displaced by…
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Larry Derfner
June 26, 2012
J14: No need to bring up the occupation – it’s the capitalism, stupid!
With the growing number of calls for J14 to address the “elephant in the room” that apparently no one is willing to talk about – the occupation (shhh!), it’s important to understand something: there is no elephant Lately there have been calls on the Left, including here on +972, for the #J14 movement to talk…
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Ami Kaufman
August 14, 2011
Letter from Cairo: City’s Jewish history presents political problems
Surprising the locals When I walked into Cairo’s Ben Ezra Synagogue last Saturday afternoon, the groundskeeper, Hassan, was both surprised and excited. Now a museum, I was not the only person there. But it turns out I was the only one to kiss the mezuzah on the way inside. Hassan smiled and asked me, “Anta…
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Roee Ruttenberg
July 7, 2011
Egypt: Soldiers planted flowers in Tahrir Square
CAIRO — Tahrir Square has been cleaned up. One day last week soldiers laid new turf in the central traffic island, and the next day they planted flowers. A day after that they erected a huge banner that confirmed the army’s commitment to the people and the goals of the revolution, but when I returned…
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Lisa Goldman
April 24, 2011
Mid East women fight uphill battle in patriarchal society
In the Middle East, representation of women in the public sphere is lower than in any other region. Women face enormous obstacles, ranging from sexual harassment and honor killings to ingrained patriarchal attitudes that belittle their intelligence and value. That is why it was so uplifting to watch the women of Tahrir Square take a…
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March 9, 2011
Egyptian journalist: The revolution was not about Israel
With very few exceptions, the protesters who toppled Hosni Mubarak did not even mention Israel during their 18-day revolution. Even now, with post-revolutionary populism slightly on the rise, there is no-one, from anywhere on the political spectrum, who wants to abrogate the peace agreement. At the worst, Israel can expect the cold peace to become…
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March 3, 2011
Age of revolutions: The day after the squares are taken
Change is coming to the Middle East, but it’s a much slower process than we’d like to think By Yael Lavie The Middle East revolution age has begun. Its time has come. Geographically moving from Eastern Europe in historical decade intervals, every global region gets its revolutionary age. It is always an exciting time to…
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February 27, 2011
From Madison to Cairo, the people are rising
I can’t help but wonder – is there a connection between the Wisconsin protests and the victory in Tahrir Square? It seems that no matter where you look these days, people are starting to stand for their rights. Here in the Mideast, the region is changing right before our eyes, at a pace that none…
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Ami Kaufman
February 23, 2011
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