The advent of protests in Sudan raises interesting issues about the origins of the Arab protest movements, a vexed question that has been the object of much speculation and analysis. Candidates have ranged from US academic Gene Sharp, to social media, to […]
There was an interesting discussion on Twitter yesterday on the comparison between Egypt and Algeria, a theme that has come up after the ruling military council in Egypt dissolved parliament last week, took on legislative powers in the interim, gave the armed […]
The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and the concomitant blow to the Egyptian security establishment has been the main take-away issue for governments around the Arab world from last year’s political upheaval. Egyptian security played a central role in coordinating with security […]
Mohammed Mursi was the Muslim Brotherhood’s “spare” after the charismatic Khairat al-Shater was disqualified from running in Egyptian presidential election. Opponents would even hold up spare tyres at rallies to ridicule a man who seemed awkward in public and not comfortable with […]
The death of Nayef would seem on paper to open up a world of exciting possibilities for Saudi society. He was the man with the hotline to the clerics who tried to keep them in line, he viewed the Shia as a […]
By Samia Nakhoul MANAMA | Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:00am EDT (Reuters) – A Bahrain court on Thursday reduced sentences on nine medics for their role in last year’s pro-democracy uprising and acquitted nine others, but rights groups said the case was […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:39pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain’s King Hamad said on Wednesday he would not allow any more “insults” of the armed forces in the Gulf state in an apparent warning to leading Shi’ite opposition […]
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:00 GMT By Andrew Hammond DUBAI, June 13 (Reuters) – Bahrain’s economic reforms – once hailed as the most ambitious in the Gulf – seems to have stalled as hardliners in the Sunni ruling family who see Shi’ite […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain’s King Hamad said on Wednesday he would not allow any more “insults” of the armed forces in the Gulf state in an apparent warning to leading Shi’ite opposition party Wefaq after criticisms it levelled earlier this week. Tweet
The street is mobilising again in Egypt after the Mubarak trial. The reasons appear entirely reasonable. Judge Ahmed Rifaat was clear that the evidence he was presented was shoddy. It was not enough to convict the six interior ministry security chiefs and […]