MER Article Reflections on Two Revolutions Interpreting a revolutionary event is a contentious undertaking. Why it began, how it unfolded, to whom its legacy belongs -- these are questions of enduring debate. The mass protests in Egypt that deposed Husni Mubarak and continued for months in 2011-2012 still generate divergent narratives and co Ahmad Shokr • 26 min read
MER Article From the Editor (Winter 2012) The course of the Egyptian uprising offers reason for both optimism and pessimism. On the down side, the post-Mubarak system, such as it is, exhibits plenty of characteristics of the old one. As Ahmad Shokr and Joshua Stacher detail in this issue, Egypt’s new civilian government, drawn from the ran The Editors • 2 min read
