Sarah Hegazy at a protest in Canada. Photo courtesy of HuMENA. [Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0.] Current Analysis Sarah Hegazy and the Struggle for Freedom Responses to the tragic death of the Egyptian leftist and queer activist Sarah Hegazy reflect a significant transformation in the desire of individuals in the Middle East to claim queer identities. Zeina Zaatari places this moment in the historical context of decades of activism and struggle for fre Zeina Zaatari • 14 min read
MER Article Virtual Space and Collective Action in Egypt Traffic crawls as usual through Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, making its noisy way around the 65-foot pole flying the Egyptian flag newly erected in the middle of the plaza. It is hard to imagine that in January 2011 this very spot was the epicenter of the grassroots revolution that toppled Presi Sherine Hafez • 11 min read
Current Analysis Turkey’s AKP and Public Morality President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey is known for his strong pro-natalist sentiments. In 2012 his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP, by the Turkish acronym) passed a law to constrain women’s choice [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/15/turkey-caesarian-ban-silence-hurts-w Evren Savcı • 3 min read
