The armed forces have been a central political player and the real locus of power in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Sudan for the past 60 years.

In the Egyptian revolution of January 2011, the shabab (youth) were the primary driving force regarding enthusiasm and action of facilitating protests and marches. This was in part due to the influx of social media usage, mainly Facebook and Twitter, and how they were utilised in not only organising on …

The dispute between Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal and the Mostaqbal Watan Party (Future of the Nation), who hold a parliamentary majority, has escalated after the party denounced an earlier statement from Abdel Aal.

The word alliance, i.e. unity and rallying behind one individual, has become a notorious term in Egypt, despite the nobility of its meaning, as well as the purpose for which people are calling for it, as division and polarisation has reached an all-time high amongst the Egyptian people. It had …

Much of the focus on the Egyptian constitutional amendments ratified on April 20-22 has been on those allowing President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to stay in power for an additional eight years and gain full control over the judicial branch. However, little attention has been paid to the amendments affecting the …

In recent years a range of autocratic Arab regimes and policy analysts in the West and the Middle East have spread a narrative about the end of the Arab uprisings, the impossibility and dangers of change from below, and the return of authoritarian stability.

In an interview, Barbara Zollner explains how Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has survived government repression.

The Trump administration is pushing to issue an order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, bringing the weight of American sanctions against a storied and influential Islamist political movement with millions of members across the Middle East, according to officials familiar with the matter.

The leader of Egypt’s opposition Al-Ghad Party, Dr Ayman Nour, has called on Western countries to support democratic change in Egypt.

Egypt has just passed constitutional amendments in a hastily-arranged referendum that ended on April 22. They are important mostly because they will advance President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s project of one-man rule, extend his current term in office, enshrine military dominance over politics, and erode judicial independence. Not only was the substance …