Current Analysis Egyptian Workers After June 30 The independent labor movement that has flourished in Egypt since the ouster of former president Husni Mubarak enthusiastically supported the Tamarrud (Rebel) campaign for the huge June 30 demonstrations asserting a popular vote of no confidence in President Muhammad Mursi. The Center for Trade Unio Joel Beinin • 9 min read
Current Analysis On Egypt's Day of Infamy August 14, 2013 was a day whose events and meaning Egyptians will be debating fiercely for decades to come. Following that day’s bloodshed, Egypt is in the middle of its most severe crisis since the fall of ex-president Husni Mubarak in February 2011. The fate of the country -- popular sovereignty o The Editors • 7 min read
Current Analysis Catastrophe in Cairo The weak US response to the August 14 massacre of protesters in Egypt signals a preference for the Egyptian military's vision of stability over the uncertainty of a genuinely democratic political process, says Middle East Report editor Chris Toensing in a segment on Democracy Now! [http://www.democr Amanda Ufheil-Somers • 1 min read
Current Analysis True Democrats Don't Bankroll Juntas The military’s coup in Egypt has placed the American political establishment in a bind. Many observers insist that the Obama administration must either formally condone the military takeover or call it a “coup,” which would require a cutoff of American aid, as Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has advocated. Joshua Stacher • 4 min read
Current Analysis The World According to Beblawi It took a day of back-room negotiations, but the powers behind Egypt’s throne finally settled on Hazem Beblawi [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23249049], an economist, as interim prime minister. Beblawi, 76, served as finance minister in 2011, when Egypt was under the direct rule of the Joshua Stacher • 3 min read
Current Analysis Egypt in Year Three Was the gathering of millions in Egypt on June 30 the continuation of a revolution or the occasion for a coup d’état? The answer is “both,” but the question is not the right one to ask. The Editors • 8 min read
MER Article With Friends Like These In June 2010, amidst escalating controversy over the construction of a mosque and Islamic community center near the former site of the World Trade Center, two Egyptians found themselves on the receiving end of xenophobic abuse as a crowd accosted them with calls to “go home.” Unbeknownst to the angr Michael Wahid Hanna • 10 min read
MER Article Copts Under Mursi Throughout his 2012 presidential campaign, Muhammad Mursi was keen to emphasize that he would be a president for all Egyptians, not just supporters of the Society of Muslim Brothers, and that he believed in equal citizenship for all, irrespective of religious affiliation. The majority of Egypt’s Cop Mariz Tadros • 11 min read
Current Analysis Workers, Trade Unions and Egypt's Political Future During the week of December 15-22, 2012, between the two rounds of the referendum on Egypt’s newly adopted constitution, workers struck at three large, strategic industrial enterprises. At two, the strikers quickly achieved their main demands. Joel Beinin • 16 min read
Current Analysis Weighed Down In Egypt these days [http://www.merip.org/mer/latest], there seems to be a lot less of what Egyptians call “lightness of blood,” the easygoing bonhomie for which, in one of those stereotypes with a large grain of truth, the country is renowned. The quick-witted jocularity is diminished, the laughter Jessica Winegar • 4 min read
Current Analysis The Walls of Tahrir In recent years, walls have proliferated in Egypt. Some, as Samuli Schielke and I write [http://www.merip.org/mer/mer265/writing-walls-egypt] in the new issue [http://www.merip.org/mer/latest] of Middle East Report, are liberally decorated [http://www.merip.org/mer/mer265/writing-walls-egypt] with p Jessica Winegar • 4 min read
MER Article Bush and Ayeb, Marginality and Exclusion in Egypt Ray Bush and Habib Ayeb, eds. Marginality and Exclusion in Egypt (London: Zed Books, 2012). Marginality and Exclusion in Egypt is an insightful volume addressing the various forms of inequality that plague Egyptian society, with particular focus on the poor and working classes. With few exceptions, Mona Atia • 2 min read
