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Hesham Sallam
Post-Elections Egypt: Revolution or Pact?
![[Protesters in Mohamed Mahmoud Street, 19 November 2011. Image Source: Hossam el-Hamalawy, http://www.flickr.com/photos/elhamalawy/]](/content_images/3/sm_6364372591_c351d94dfb.jpg "[Protesters in Mohamed Mahmoud Street, 19 November 2011. Image Source: Hossam el-Hamalawy, http://www.flickr.com/photos/elhamalawy/]")
For many people, it is compelling, if not intuitive, to think of Egypt’s parliamentary elections as a logical extension of what Egyptians started on 25 January 2011. Elections, the conventional reasoning goes, are a critical step in Egypt’s transition toward a democratic form of governance that is poised to replace the decades-old rule of former President Hosni Mubarak’s now-defunct National Democratic Party. Seen from the inside, however, this reasoning seems fairly ...
Keep Reading »Elections in the Midst of Revolution
![[Tahrir Square on 30 November 2011. Image Source: Hossam el-Hamalawy, http://www.flickr.com/photos/elhamalawy/]](/content_images/3/sm_TahrirSquare.jpg "[Tahrir Square on 30 November 2011. Image Source: Hossam el-Hamalawy, http://www.flickr.com/photos/elhamalawy/]")
The resurgence of mass demonstrations in Egypt, in Tahrir Square and beyond, has raised many question marks in the minds of outside observers about what has often been described as “Egypt’s democratic transition.” Many question how Egypt will be able to advance its so-called journey toward democracy when the persistence of demonstrations and extended sit-ins seems to be “stifling” Egypt’s first post-Mubarak elections scheduled to commence today and last for three months. ...
Keep Reading »An Excerpt from 'Remarking January 25 - A Series of Six'
![[After privatization the Starch and Glucose Manufacturing Company in Turah is at a standstill. Cairo, Egypt, April 24, 2011. Image from Philip Rizk]](/content_images/3/sm_IMG_3121.jpg "[After privatization the Starch and Glucose Manufacturing Company in Turah is at a standstill. Cairo, Egypt, April 24, 2011. Image from Philip Rizk]")
Months have passed since the uprising of 25 January and yet many of the struggles for transformative change that the protests that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak attempted to advance remain at best incomplete and at worst under attack. Immediately after Mubarak’s resignation, it was hard to imagine that seven months later Egypt would remain a country of emergency laws and military trials, and one in which labor strikes and demands for distributive justice are ...
Keep Reading »Roundtable on Post-Mubarak Egypt: Authoritarianism without Autocrats? (Part I: Sallam)
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[This is the first of seven posts associated with a Jadaliyya electronic roundtable on the future of Egypt. Click here to access the full roundtable. Participants include: Issandr Al-Amrani, Zeinab Abul-Magd, Nathan J. Brown, Jason Brownlee, Daniel Brumberg, Mohamed El-Menshawy, and Samer Shehata.] Introduction Almost six months have passed since former Vice President Omar Suleiman appeared on television to announce to the world that 30 years of Hosni Mubarak’s rule have ...
Keep Reading »الإنقضاض على العمال المصريين
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[ ترجمة يوسف حداد. نشرت هذه المقالة في مجلة "الميدل ايست ريبورت" الصادرة باللغة الانكليزية عدد رقم 239] تتمحور الطروحات السائدة المتعلقة بالثورة المصرية عام 2011، والتي ما زالت قائمة، حول "أزمة الدولة". من بين ركائز هذه الأزمة الفشل الكلي في تحقيق الإصلاح السياسي من رأس الهرم إلى أسفله، كما أظهرته بجلاء الانتخابات التشريعية عام 2010 والتي تم التلاعب بنتائجها بشكل فاضح، وتنامي الفساد والقمع، وبروز فرص للعمل الجماعي التي وفرتها مواقع الانترنت ...
Keep Reading »Striking Back at Egyptian Workers
![[Workers sit-in at El-Hawamdiya Sugar Refinery in April, 2011, Image Source: Hossam El-Hamalawy, www.arabawy.org]](/content_images/3/sm_750WorkersSitinInElHawamdiyaSugarRefinery.jpg "[Workers sit-in at El-Hawamdiya Sugar Refinery in April, 2011, Image Source: Hossam El-Hamalawy, www.arabawy.org]")
Mainstream narratives of the ongoing 2011 Egyptian revolution center around a “crisis of the state.” Among the elements of the crisis were the utter failure of top-down political reform, as shown in the shamelessly rigged 2010 legislative elections; mounting corruption and repression; emerging opportunities for collective action offered by networking sites like Facebook and Twitter; and the advent of neoliberal economic policies and the resulting constraints on the state’s ...
Keep Reading »Reflections on Egypt after March 19
![[Egyptian Army Spokesperson General Ismail Etman, Image Source: Unknown]](/content_images/3/sm_المجلس-الاعلى-للقوات-المسلحة.jpg "[Egyptian Army Spokesperson General Ismail Etman, Image Source: Unknown]")
Return of Identity Politics The March 19 constitutional referendum and the lead-up to it have tempered the strong feeling of unity that Tahrir Square had instilled in the country’s political community. The referendum marked the return of adversity and competition to Egypt’s political arena, as political groups were actively supporting (if not campaigning on behalf of) the “yes” and “no” positions prior to the vote. Despite the unprecedented level of cohesion that the ...
Keep Reading »Egyptians Brace for Change...But What Kind? [Updated from Egypt]
![[Egyptian activist carrying signs that read “The civil state is an atheist state.” (right) “What is the problem with Islam governing all nationals? In the West constitutions rule over Muslims.” (left) Image from author's archive]](/content_images/3/sm_hero2.jpg "[Egyptian activist carrying signs that read “The civil state is an atheist state.” (right) “What is the problem with Islam governing all nationals? In the West constitutions rule over Muslims.” (left) Image from author's archive]")
[This post will be updated regularly as relevant events unfold.] Tomorrow (Saturday) Egyptian voters will head to the polls to either accept or reject a set of constitutional amendments that could guide the direction and pace of Egypt’s transition. The amendments to the 1971 constitution were prepared by a panel of legal experts at the request of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Egypt’s de facto ruler. If passed, they would (among other things) limit presidential ...
Keep Reading »The Beginning of a New Challenge for Egypt? [Updated 1:43 am EST]
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Earlier today Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced that it intends “to safeguard people and protect their interest” and it will stay in session throughout the ongoing crisis. The content and the title of the statement (“communiqué number 1”) suggest that we will hear more from the army in the coming days and that its leader may be calling the shots. Television footage of their meeting shows that Egypt's President and Commander-in-Chief Hosni Mubarak was not ...
Keep Reading »Why Mubarak Won't Go
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After a long day full of (pleasant) surprises and marked gains by Egyptian protesters, President Hosni Mubarak shocked observers with a speech that made little sense from the perspective of many audiences who are watching the situation carefully in Egypt. In what should have been a farewell speech by the 82-year old Egyptian president, Mubarak announced that he will appoint a new government that will respond to the demands of the protesters, except for the most important ...
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Hesham Sallam is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government at Georgetown University. He is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine.
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