Syria’s Assad on the Ropes? Syria’s Assad on the Ropes?
If the Syrian dictator falls, there could be a bloody sectarian settling of accounts.
Aug 24, 2011 / Feature / Patrick Seale
Enter Rick Perry Enter Rick Perry
With even more impressive hair than Kerry, At last into the race arrives Rick Perry. Though Perry’s blessed, no doubt, with splendid hair, he Believes some things that strike some folks as scary. Observers down in Texas still are wary. The space between his ears, they say, is airy. But for the pros who count which states he’d carry, What’s there beneath the hair is ancillary.
Aug 24, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Democracy 101 for Egypt Democracy 101 for Egypt
Can Egyptians turn the fervor of Tahrir into lasting political engagement?
Aug 24, 2011 / Feature / Alia Malek
Fault Lines in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Fault Lines in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
Seemingly within reach of unprecedented power in a post-Mubarak Egypt, the group faces the prospect of implosion.
Aug 24, 2011 / Feature / Stephen Glain
The Middle East’s Working-Class Revolutions? The Middle East’s Working-Class Revolutions?
The success of the insurgent movements throughout the region correlates well with the strength of organized labor.
Aug 24, 2011 / Feature / Joel Beinin
The Moroccan ‘Exception’ The Moroccan ‘Exception’
The king says his realm is a beacon of liberalism, but the people demand bread, and roses too.
Aug 24, 2011 / Feature / Laila Lalami
That Other Tunisia That Other Tunisia
Without social justice for unemployed youth, revolutionary hopes may descend into class war.
Aug 24, 2011 / Feature / Graham Usher
The Rise of the Intifada Generation The Rise of the Intifada Generation
The Palestinian liberation struggle was “the rock that was thrown in the still water.”
Aug 24, 2011 / Feature / Nadia Hijab
Can Tahrir Square Come to Tel Aviv? Can Tahrir Square Come to Tel Aviv?
Israel must forge a new Palestinian and regional strategy in response to the Arab Awakening.
Aug 24, 2011 / Feature / Daniel Levy
Saudi Arabia’s Regional Reaction Saudi Arabia’s Regional Reaction
The royals have spared no expense in crushing or minimizing the impact of the revolutions.
Aug 24, 2011 / Feature / Toby C. Jones