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الانترنت والعولمة الثقافية
منذ ظهور تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات واتخاذها حيزاً رئيسياً من حياة الانسان اليومية، جذبت اهتمام الباحثين في علم الاجتماع والاقتصاد والسياسة، نظراً لارتباطها في مناحي الحياة المختلفة خاصة في عصر العولمة. و من أهم تكنولوجيا المعلومات وأكثرها إثارة في هذا الحقل هو الانترنت وما يشكله من حلقات رابطة بين السياسة ... Read More »
A Crucial Election for Iran's Reform Movement
Today, Iranians cast their vote for the country’s eleventh presidential election. It certainly will not be an easy decision, with a field of candidates that lack any sense of major diversity in their policies and ideologies. With one glaring exception, the deck is stacked in favor of the conservative elites. As any ... Read More »
Ministry of Culture or Ministry of Intellectuals?
Since the new minister of culture, Alaa Abdel-Aziz, took up his post, conversations about the attitude he has adopted to prove himself have not ceased within Egypt's cultural scene. The minister commenced his work in the ministry with a series of decisions to sack leading ministry figures, starting from the head of ... Read More »
Occupy Gezi: A Roundtable Discussion and Podcast
The world’s eyes are currently on Istanbul. As protests spread throughout Turkey, media outlets are scrambling to convey some type of picture of what is taking place to an eager audience that often lacks the proper context and background knowledge to make sense of the events. Meanwhile, commentators continue to offer ... Read More »
سيناء في ذكرى تحريرها: سيادة منقوصة وأجواء منتهكة وجنود مختطفون
وافق الخامس والعشرون من أبريل المنصرم الذكرى الحادية والثلاثين للأعياد الوطنية المصرية المرتبطة بتحرير سيناء وفقاً لمعاهدة السلام التي أبرمها الرئيس الراحل محمد أنور السادات عام 1979 مع الطرف الإسرائيلي بمباركة أمريكية. وبعد أن دفع السادات عمره ثمناً للمعاهدة التي وقعها منفرداً وكانت سبباً في خروج مصر من جامعة الدول ... Read More »
التطوير على طريقة عبد المنعم سعيد
كنا قد اتخذنا قراراً منذ بدء أزمة جريدة وموقع ”إيجيبت إندبندنت“، التابعَين لمؤسسة ”المصري اليوم“، ألا ندخل في مهاترات لا تهم القارئ الكريم. لكن مقال رئيس مجلس إدارة المؤسسة، الدكتور عبد المنعم سعيد، المنشور في 30 أبريل 2013 والمعنون ”أحلام المصري اليوم مرة أخرى“، دفعنا إلى كتابة رد مفصّل، احتراماً لحق القارئ في معرفة ... Read More »
Bouteflika: The Magician and The Smokescreen
The President of the Popular Algerian Republic left the country on 27 April 2013 to be hospitalized in Paris at Val-de-Grâce, following a non-fatal stroke. Since then, Bouteflika’s absence has provoked an increasing anxiety. The French press has reported on the worsening of his health, which was subsequently printed ... Read More »
Bouteflika : Le mage et l'écran de fumée
Le Président de la République populaire algérienne a quitté le pays le 27 avril 2013 pour être hospitalisé au Val-de-Grâce, à Paris, officiellement à la suite d'un accident vasculaire cérébral sans gravité. Depuis cette date, l'absence du Président fait jaser, et soulève même de plus en plus d'inquiétudes depuis que ... Read More »
The Brothers, the Revolution, and the Right to Protest
A new political order always arrives with a package of legislation establishing its political and socioeconomic orientations as law. In its broad sense, a revolution effects a “fundamental change” in the political and economic order, with the support of the majority of the people.[1] Egypt experienced this shortly ... Read More »
Eye on the Libyan General National Congress: Seventh Report
[The following report was issued by Bokra Youth Organization and H2O Team on 8 May 2013. This is the seventh in a year-long series of reports covering the actions of Libya's General National Council. This issue focuses on the period from 15 March to 1 April 2013. Click here to access the previous report.] Eye on the ... Read More »
The Facade of Political Crises in Morocco
This weekend, the conservative nationalist Istiqlal Party announced it will be withdrawing from the government coalition, led by the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), and will take its place in parliament's opposition. Its reason, according to the party's press release, was to "avoid being ... Read More »
الثــأر والثــورة .. لماذا يثور الشمال ولا يفعلها الجنوب؟
"بعد بني سويف مفيش رجالة" عبارة كتبت على القطار المتوجه من القاهرة إلى الصعيد في الأيام الأولى من ثورة 25 يناير للمزايدة على رجولة أبناء صعيد مصر (الوجه القبلي) الذين لا يزالون يُتهمون بأنهم لم يشاركوا في الثورة كما فعل أهل الوجه البحري. وهو أمر متكرر على لسان بعض الثوار والنشطاء، وبالأخص الذين يداومون على ... Read More »
Healing Iraqis: The Challenges of Providing Mental Health Care in Iraq
[The following report was issued by Doctors Without Borders on 30 April 2013.] Healing Iraqis: The Challenges of Providing Mental Health Care in Iraq Introduction Mental health disorders and emotional distress are as debilitating and agonizing as physical health problems. According to The World ... Read More »
Libya: Which Fate for Gaddafi’s Henchmen?
On 24 March 2013, about 200 former rebel fighters in Libya besieged the prime minister's office, demanding that he resign in accordance with a political isolation law banning members of the former regime from political life. Ali Zeidan, the current prime minister of Libya, served as a diplomat under Gaddafi. The ... Read More »
Two Saints and a Sinner
The name Ahmad Lutfi Ibrahim does not, for most people, evoke any particular memories. It would hardly surprise me if a few friends thought I had meant to type Ahmad Lutfi Al-Sayyid, the renowned and sometimes reviled leader of the Egyptian Constitutional party of nearly eighty years ago. And yet there he ... Read More »
Yemen's Military-Security Reform: Seeds of New Conflict?
[The following report was issued by International Crisis Group on 4 April 2013.] Yemen's Military-Security Reform: Seeds of New Conflict? Executive Summary Ask virtually any Yemeni from across the political spectrum, and he will protest support for a professional military-security apparatus free from ... Read More »
The Necessity of Revolutionary Violence in Egypt
“All politics is a struggle for power; the ultimate kind of power is violence.” - C. Wright Mills Violence is related to notions of justice. In Egypt there are two forms of justice that we have been fighting for since 25 January 2011: social and retributive. Their absence has been compounded by the ongoing ... Read More »
ماذا عن ربيع فلسطين؟
لو ألقينا نظرة فاحصة على كل موجات الاحتجاج الشعبي التي نشبت في فلسطين بعد الربيع العربي، فسنجد أنّ كلمة السر التي تصلح لها جميعًا هي الاحتواء. سواء كانت موجهة ضد إسرائيل والمفاوضات، أو سياسيات سلام فيّاض الاقتصاديّة، أو واقع الانقسام الذي يقترب من التجذّر، كلّ المحاولات لإلقاء حجر في الماء الراكد انتهى بها ... Read More »
Morocco's Justice and Charity Party and the Left: A Critical Reflection
There has recently been controversy regarding the Democratic Path Party’s position concerning Islamist movements, particularly the Justice and Charity Party (Al Adl Wal Ihsane) following an article that appeared in Lakome. In reality, it appears that the position was not meant to be a call for an explicit alliance ... Read More »
A qui profite la récupération des biens de Ben Ali ?
Pour marquer la fin de 2012, une année plutôt chaotique pour une Tunisie en pleine transition politique, le ministre des Finances tunisien a organisé un événement spectaculaire : une vente aux enchères publique des biens de l'ancien président Ben Ali provenant de son palais privé à Sidi Dhrif, une somptueuse ... Read More »
Les manifestations à Ouargla : le besoin d’une stratégie de développement axée sur la création d’emplois en Algérie
[Un appel du Comité national pour la défense des droits des chômeurs (CNDDC) a rassemblé des milliers (plus de dix mille personnes, selon certains) de personnes sur la place de la mairie dans le centre de Ouargla, dans le sud de l’Algérie le 14 Mars 2013. Malgré les accusations du régime selon lesquelles ... Read More »
الأطر النظرية لفهم النماذج التنموية في مراحل ما بعد الثورات
عندما سأل أحد الأِشخاص "ماو تسي تونج" يومًا عن رأيه في الثورة الفرنسية، فكان رده "إن من المبكر الحكم عليها". ويذكرنا هذا بأن الحكم على حَدَثٍ في التاريخ بأنه كان ثورة من عدمه ليس جدلا أكاديميًّا أو نظريًّا بقدر ما هو جزء من الظاهرة التاريخية ذاتها محل التشكل في زمن كتابة هذه السطور. ورصد وتسجيل ... Read More »
Social Struggles in Tunisia: A Curse or a Revolutionary Opportunity?
The Tunisian revolution was often painted as a sort of “divine” event during which the united and homogenous “Tunisian people” succeeded in getting rid of their “dictator.” As if by the force of some quasi-magical act, all it took was the coming together of the people screaming a unified dégage on 14 January ... Read More »
Ennahda: A Party in Transition
Since the assassination of Chokri Belaid, Tunisia is living the most difficult stage of its revolutionary transition. Even before the murder of Belaid, a long institutional crisis had kept the country in limbo with the prolonged absence of a constitution. Belaid’s death pushed it on the edge of chaos. Much has been ... Read More »
King Abdullah II of Jordan, World Statesman?
This week, Jeffrey Goldberg published a now infamous interview with King Abdullah II of Jordan in The Atlantic. Its contents have reverberated all around the blogosphere, generating heated real-life debates. Even before the full interview was made public, the New York Times culled out the most egregious of quotes for ... Read More »
The Final Statement of the Second Gulf Platform for Human Rights Defenders
[The following statement was published on the Gulf Center for Human Rights website on 2 March 2013.] We, the human rights defenders from the Gulf countries and Yemen, convened at the second Gulf Platform for Human Rights Defenders held in Istanbul (1-2 March 2013), and organized by the Gulf Center for Human Rights, ... Read More »
An Open Letter From Salman al-Odah
[The following is an open letter from Saudi sheikh and former political prisoner Salman al-Odah to the Saudi Arabian regime dated 15 March 2013. It has been circulating widely in English and Arabic.] Introduction: 1. Your friend is the one who speaks to you honestly. A rational person values the truth, ... Read More »
سوريا بعد سنتين: طاولة مستديرة
يقول فرانز فانون في كتابه معذّبو الأرض إن «العنف وحده،الذي يرتكبه الناس العنف المُنظَّم والموجَّه من قبل قيادة، يقدم المفتاح للجماهير كي تفك شفرة الواقع الاجتماعي. بدون هذا الصراع... ليس هناك من شيء سوى عرض كرنفاليّ والكثير من الهواء الحارّ. كلّ ما يبقى هو إعادة تكيّف ضئيلة وبعض الإصلاحات في القمة وراية، وفي الأسفل، ... Read More »
ديمة ونوس: العنف ليس الحل ولكن
[ بمناسبة مرور عامين على اندلاع الثورة السورية، توجّهت "جدلية" إلى عدد من الكتاب السوريّين بحزمة أسئلة تنطلق من مقولة فانون حول العنف ودوره في التغيير الثوري. تقارب الأسئلة جدلية العنف والسلم في التغيير السياسي. فتقف عند مفهوم الثورة السلمية وإمكانية تحقيقها على أرض الواقع. كما تتعرض إلى العنف كوسيلة ... Read More »
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Egypt Elections Watch Update
A Jadaliyya and Ahram Online Initiative
As part of the Egypt Elections Watch (EEW), Jadaliyya and Ahram Online, with the Center of Contemporary Arab Studies (Georgetown University) and the Middle East Studies Program (George Mason University) as co-sponsors, will produce articles/posts/profiles on a weekly basis, covering organizations, political parties, coalitions, relevant laws and procedures, and profiles of key individuals related to the Egyptian elections. This is in addition to news updates summarizing major developments surrounding the lead-up to the election, such as emerging or shifting alliances, new political positions, and candidacy announcements. If you have questions, comments, contributions, and/or an eye-witness account, please email us at: eew@jadaliyya.com. For a listing of EEW’s team members please click here.
Coalitions
Democratic Alliance for Egypt
Egyptian Bloc
Islamist Bloc (Alliance for Egypt)
Revolution Continues Alliance
Parties
Al-Adl Party
Egyptian Current Party
Egyptian Social Democratic Party
Egyptian Tahrir Party
Democratic Workers’ Party
Free Egyptians Party
Freedom and Justice Party
Ghad Al-Thawra Party (Hizb Ghad Al-Thawra)
Al-Karama Party
National Progressive Unionist (Tagammu) Party
National Democratic Party Offshoots
Al-Nour Party
Reform and Development Party-Misruna
Socialist Popular Alliance Party
Al-Wafd Party
Al-Wasat Party
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Egypt Map and Stats
Population 82,079,636
GDP $497.8 billion
Unemployment 9%; Youth Unemployment (ages 15-24): 24.8%
Internet Users 20.136 million (2009)
Exchange Rate 5.6124 Egyptian pounds per US dollar
GDP Growth Rate 5.1%
Military Expenditures 3.4% of GDP (World Rank: 35)
Health Expenditures 6.4% of GDP (World Rank: 94)
Population Growth Rate 1.96%
Age Structure 0-14 years: 32.7%; 15-64 years: 62.8%; 65 years and over: 4.5%
Literacy 71.4%
Religious Demographics Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%; Coptic 9%; other Christian 1%
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