On Sunday 19 January 2014, the American University of Beirut convened a panel to honor the life and work of scholar and former university president Malcolm Kerr. The occasion was the thirtieth anniversary of his assassination. The panel featured Professors Samir Seikaly, Michael Hudson, Eugene R..
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Morsi and the Army: The Illusive Power
[The following excerpts are taken from Gilbert Achcar’s recently published book The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising, translated by G. M. Goshgarian (London: Saqi Books..
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New Texts Out Now: David McMurray and Amanda Ufheil-Somers, The Arab Revolts
David McMurray and Amanda Ufheil-Somers, editors, The Arab Revolts: Dispatches on Militant Democracy in the Middle East. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013. Published in association with
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Tahrir and Beyond: Interviews with Journalist, Ahmad Shokr, and Filmmakers Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
On the latest edition of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, Cairo-based journalist, Ahmad Shokr comments on the serious unrest in the major Egyptian harbor city of Port Said over the past two weeks. The root cause is said ..
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New Texts Out Now: James Gelvin, "The Modern Middle East" and "The Arab Uprisings"
James L. Gelvin, The Modern Middle East: A History, Third Edition. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
James L. Gelvin, ..
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