Authors

Brecht De Smet

 

Brecht De Smet is a postdoctoral research assistant at the Middle East and North Africa Research Group and a lecturer in Conflict and Development Studies at Ghent University, Belgium. Since 2008 he has been studying political and economic protests in Egypt, and more specifically the relation between political activists and trade unionists. De Smet has published on different aspects of the Egyptian revolution: learning processes and strikes; the mass strike; counter-revolution; and the “Republic of Tahrir.” 

ARTICLES BY Brecht De Smet