Arab uprisings

Making Egypt more critical towards Israel requires a “structural change” within Egypt itself.

Palestinians in Gaza, half of whom are under 18 and more than a million dependent on food aid, were optimistic about Egypt’s new president. Their hopes for support are now quickly fading.

For Washington, the Arab Spring presented opportunities as well as threats, and these are being keenly exploited.

The Israeli government and its supporters now feel justified in exploiting the Syrian people’s suffering and resistance in order to further their own political agenda, depicting Israel as a “vibrant democracy” in comparison to Syria.

Women have been at the heart of liberation struggles in the Middle East and North Africa, contrary to Orientalist misrepresentations.