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IranProtests and Activism
“Women, Life, Freedom”: Protesting the Islamic Republic
Oct 4, 2022Mehran Kamrava
The killing in Iran of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, at the hands of the so-called Morality Police (Gasht-e Ershad), has engulfed the country in nationwide…
Policy Analysis
IranProtests and Activism
Iran’s Ongoing Protests: Potential Scenarios During a Dangerous Time
Sep 30, 2022Daniel Brumberg
To adapt the famous opening line of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, it may be said that while all states are paradoxical, every state is paradoxical in its own wa…
Book Review
TunisiaProtests and Activism
Understanding Revolutions – Opening Acts in Tunisia by Azmi Bishara
Sep 21, 2022Mouldi Lahmar
The first decade since the onset "Arab Spring" has occasioned tens of thousands of articles, books and studies; thousands of academic seminars and conferences;…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
US Silence Enables Israel’s Crackdown on Civil Society Organizations
Sep 16, 2022Yousef Munayyer
Nearly one month after the Israeli military raided the offices of seven Palestinian civil society organizations—its latest step in an escalating campaign of re…
Press Releases
TunisiaProtests and Activism
New Book: Understanding Revolutions – Opening Acts in Tunisia
Jul 25, 2022Azmi Bishara
The first book in the Understanding Revolutions trilogy by Azmi Bishara is now available. Based on empirical and theoretical investigation, and original insigh…
Viewpoint
LibyaDemocracy and Governance
Libya’s Belligerent Elites May Doom the Country’s Future
Jul 5, 2022Imad K. Harb
Once again, Libya is falling victim to its political elites’ failure to agree on a long-awaited election mechanism and constitutional provisions that would sec…
Policy Analysis
LevantProtests and Activism
The Political Transformation of Protest Movements in Iraq and Lebanon
Jun 24, 2022Zeidon Alkinani
Despite the limited achievements of Iraq and Lebanon's recently-established protest movements compared to their stated objectives, the movements’ small gains m…
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
Boycott and Repression
Jun 6, 2022
Julia Bacha and Yousef Munayyer discuss the new film titled "Boycott," which explores the legal challenges faced by Americans who are asked to sign anti-BDS pl…
Panel Discussions
Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
The Targeting of Palestine Activism in the United States: Suppression of American Constitutional Rights
May 26, 2022
This webinar discusses the efforts to suppress and criminalize the movement for Palestinian rights in the United States and the implications of those measures …
Policy Analysis
SudanDemocracy and Governance
A Coup Cannot Serve Two Masters
Feb 22, 2022Kholood Khair
After a two-year experiment in civilian-military power-sharing, Sudan’s military took over on October 25, 2021 in another bid to govern the country alone. Afte…
Expert Interview
SyriaReligion and Politics
Islamists in the Syrian Revolution
Feb 16, 2022
Imad K. Harb and Hamzah Almustafa discuss the role of Islamists in the Syrian revolution. Almustafa is Director of Syria TV in Istanbul. Harb is the Director o…
Event Video
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Israel’s Continuing Policy of Palestinian Dispossession: From Sheikh Jarrah to Al-Naqab
Jan 27, 2022
Experts discuss the volatile situation in the Naqab in the context of Israel’s larger and ongoing policy of displacement and dispossession against Palestinians…