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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
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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]
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[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 ...
Keep Reading »What Happens in Tunisia Stays in Tunisia
![[Tunisia's President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali is greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak , July 13, 2008: Image from Reuters]](/content_images/3/sm_BenAli.jpg "[Tunisia's President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali is greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak , July 13, 2008: Image from Reuters]")
Hope is in the air—or so it seems. The overthrow of (now) former Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali has created some guarded optimism among close observers of Arab politics inside and outside the region. The people of Tunisia have rid themselves of 23 years of Ben Ali’s rule, paving the way for an opportunity for meaningful political change in a region that once seemed so resistant to democratic development. The events in Tunisia also tempt us to ask whether what we ...
Keep Reading »Mubarak's "Mubarak?" (Part 3)
![[President Hosni Mubarak's sons Alaa (right) and Gamal (left) attend the 2010 World Cup qualifying playoff soccer match between Egypt and Algeria in Khartoum, November 18, 2009. Image from Reuters]](/content_images/3/sm_gamal3.jpg "[President Hosni Mubarak's sons Alaa (right) and Gamal (left) attend the 2010 World Cup qualifying playoff soccer match between Egypt and Algeria in Khartoum, November 18, 2009. Image from Reuters]")
[Note: This is the third in a series of posts titled “Mubarak’s “Mubarak?”” Click here to view the first post and here for the second post in the series] In my last post I argued that there are some signs that individuals within the opposition are starting to believe that Mohammed ElBaradei’s initiative to offer an alternative to Egypt’s de facto royal family is not working. Since then, ElBaradei announced that he is no longer attempting to run for the presidency, conceding ...
Keep Reading »Mubarak's "Mubarak?" (Part 2)
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[Note: This is the second in a series of posts titled "Mubarak's "Mubarak?.” Click here to view the first post in the series] I argued in my previous post that the transition to a Gamal presidency has been underway for almost a decade now. There are many reasons to believe that the president’s son has already established control over major decision-making bodies and is president in all but name. Passing on formal presidential powers to Gamal, therefore, will not ...
Keep Reading »Mubarak's "Mubarak?" (Part 1)
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With parliamentary elections only a few months away and a widely anticipated presidential election due next year, many observers have projected that change is coming to Egypt, possibly the kind of change that partisans of democracy can believe in. Looking at Egypt from the outside, there are many reasons to believe that a real transformation is in sight. After all, news reports from Egypt over the past few years have tended to focus on the deteriorating health of the ...
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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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