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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…
Policy Analysis
EgyptJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Sisi’s Transnational Repression: Silencing Political Dissidents in Exile
Jan 26, 2022Khalil Al-Anani
On January 6, the FBI arrested Pierre Girgis, an Egyptian American, for spying on critics of Egypt’s president in the United States. According to the US Depart…
Viewpoint
SudanDemocracy and Governance
Sudan’s Revolution Must Be Allowed to Continue
Jan 4, 2022Imad K. Harb
In a move that reflected his failure to garner the support of the Sudanese public, Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok submitted his resignation on January 2…
Policy Analysis
IraqProtests and Activism
Iraq’s Tishreen Protest Movement: The Exceptional Domestic Pressure Tool
Nov 10, 2021Zeidon Alkinani
In October 2019, Iraq witnessed its most significant anti-government protests since the US-led invasion and occupation in 2003. The demonstrations blasted the …
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
Post-Sheikh Jarrah Palestinian Citizen Activism: New Prospects and Persistent Challenges
Oct 29, 2021Sahar Khamis
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, often labeled as the world’s longest running, has been going on for more than 70 years. During this time, the Israeli narrat…
Podcast
EgyptDemocracy and Governance
Islamism and Revolution across the Middle East
Oct 6, 2021
Yousef Munayyer speaks with Khalil al-Anani regarding his new book on Islamism and revolutions in the Middle East. Al-Anani is a Senior Fellow at Arab Center W…
Webinar
TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Tunisia’s Constitutional Crisis and Yearning for Democracy in Northwest Africa
Aug 5, 2021
On August 5, 2021, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) held a webinar titled “Tunisia’s Constitutional Crisis and Yearning for Democracy in Northwest Africa.”
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Understanding Palestine’s Latest Uprising
Jun 29, 2021
Diana Buttu joins host Yousef Munayyer to discuss the recent Palestinian uprising, which started in Sheikh Jarrah, and its impact on Israeli and American polit…
Webinar
Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
A New Wave in Palestinian Politics? Youth Activism in the Sheikh Jarrah Era
Jun 3, 2021
On June 3, 2021, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) held a webinar that focused on the newly energized and unified activism by Palestinian youth throughout histor…
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Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
The Palestinian Popular Revolt: Background, Causes, and Characteristics
May 21, 2021Arab Center For Research and Policy Studies
On both sides of the Green Line, Occupied Palestine is seeing a popular upsurge in its resistance movement. Beginning in mid-April, the Israeli occupation auth…