New book on Hanna Batatu and Iraq
Professor Hanna Batatu (1926-2000) In 2008, CCAS invited prominent scholars of Iraq to reflect on the lessons of Hanna Batatuโs legendary 1978 work, The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary...
View ArticleMilitary-Youth Dialogue in Egypt Turns into Debacle
Yesterdayโs โdialogueโ between Egyptโs Military Council and the Revolutionary Youth ended in disarray, with young supporters of the Revolution charging that the Army handed out a multi-point agenda and...
View ArticleLinks 20-24 June 2011
Twilight of the Nuba โ By Dan Morrison | Foreign Policy More ethnic cleansing in Sudan. Revolutionary coalitions multiply, fragment and disagree on the way ahead | Al-Masry Al-Youm Reminiscent of โLife...
View ArticleTalk About Mixing Metaphors
Revolutionary monopoly? I thought monopolizing property and wealth in the hands of a few was the old system. Go to Source
View ArticleIs Saudi Arabia Really Counter-Revolutionary? โ By F. Gregory Gause, III |...
I think the 19th c. analogy holds โ reactionaries don't want weak govts, after all. Go to Source
View ArticleFrom Carnegie: Nathan Brown on "Post-Revolutionary Al-Azhar"
I havenโt read it all yet, but it looks like something I should share. Nathan J. Brown is very good at what he does, and his new report from Carnegie, โPost-Revolutionary Al-Azharโ looks worthy of all...
View ArticleAlleged Terror Cell had Contact with Iran
Authorities in Bahrain said Sunday five alleged members of a terrorist cell had contact with Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards and were planning attacks against high profile sites in the Arab kingd...
View ArticleRevolutionary app
Daily Beast, Syriaโs Revolutionary iPhone App Helps Fight the Assad Regime. "Amid a brutal crackdown, rebels are fighting back on their iPhones. Babak Dehghanpisheh on how the Arab Springโs newest...
View ArticleRevolutionary Rhetoric Enters Young Peopleโs Flirting Jargon
Al-Arabiya English has an amusing post about how the rhetoric of the revolution in Egypt has entered the banter of the young, especially when flirting, including โThe People demand your phone number,โ...
View ArticleDumb Saudi media II
Read what I wrote yesterday about the dumb Saudi media with particular reference to the news station of King Fahdโs brother-in-law, Al-Arabiyyah. ย Today, they have another story: it attributes toโyou...
View ArticleThe Homs Revolutionary Council
The Homs revolutionary council is basically a cocktail of Wahhabis, Ikhwan, Hizb at-Tahrir, free lance religious fanatics, and informers for the Syrian regime. Go to Source
View ArticleStill More on Revolutionary Graffiti in Cairo, Well-Illustrated
Another piece at Jadaliyya, this one by Soraya Morayef and called โThe Seven Wonders of the Revolution,โ adds to the growing wave of posts devoted to the revolutionary art and graffiti that have sprung...
View ArticleKurdish rebels kill four Iran Guards: report
Kurdish rebels have killed four members of Iranโs elite Revolutionary Guards in the countryโs west, a provincial official told the Mehr news agency on Wednesday. Go to Source
View Article'Revolutionary spirit' all but dead ahead of presidential elections in Egypt
As Egyptians prepare to vote in the country's first ever presidential elections post the Mubarak era, the revolutionary spirit seems to be missing amongst its citizens, following a Supreme Constitutio...
View ArticleAgency: Iran to hold maneuvers with missiles
Iranโs powerful Revolutionary Guards are planning war games this week, including drills with surface-to-surface missiles aimed at models of foreign bases, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday....
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