Casa Árabe

CHANGE IN THE ARAB COUNTRIES. NEWS AND ANALYSIS

Due to the events that are taking place in the Arab countries, Casa Árabe provides a selection of information and analysis articles by various experts and in different languages. These articles will be updated once a week and they do not reflect Casa Árabe’s opinion, but merely the authors’ own.

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FROM 9TH TO 15TH MAY

ALGERIA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Algeria's election was a fraud	Keenan, Jeremy	Al Jazeera	15/05/2012	ENG

EGYPT

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Egypt’s uncertain road to prosperity: economic challenges to long‐term stability	Theodorakis, Genevieve	Open Democracy	09/05/2012	ENG
The Egyptian Republic of Retired Generals	Abul Magd, Zeinab	Foreign Policy	08/05/2012	ENG
دور مصر الخارجى بعد ثورتها	Rashwan, Dià	al-Masri al-Yawm	14/05/2012	ARA
The candidate of 'moderate Islam'	Rashed, Dena	Ahram Weekly	10-16/05/2012	ENG
Saving the poor	Dawoud, Khaled	Ahram Weekly	10-16/05/2012	ENG
الجيش والدستور في مصر: المعادلة الحالية	Aclimandos, Tewfick	Arab Reform Initiative	11/05/2012	ARA

LIBYA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Five Goals for Libya’s National Transitional Council	Hersees, Tasbeeh	Muftah	07/05/2012	ENG

SYRIA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Syria's election charade could trigger yet more unrest	Kinninmont, Jane	The Guardian	09/05/2012	ENG
لماذا ظهرت "قاعدة" سوريا الان؟	Ibrahim, Ali	Al-Sharq al-Awsat	15/05/2012	ARA
سوريا: اطول مما نعتقد واقصر مما يعتقد	Jayr Allah, Jayr Allah	Middle East Online	15/05/2012	ARA
Kofi Annan's Syrian peace plan has been blown out of the water	Atwan, Abdel Bari	The Guardian	13/05/2012	ENG

SUDAN

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
War Returns to the Two Sudans	Ufheil-Somers, Amanda	Middle East Research and Information Project	09/05/2012	ENG

YEMEN

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Yemen's Sectarian Spring	Fattah, Khaled	Carnegie Endowment	11/05/2012	ENG

VARIOUS

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
‘Arabs are not ready for democracy’: the orientalist cravings of Arab ruling elites	Tariq Alhasan, Hasan	Open Democracy	08/05/2012	ENG
The rising Islamists' political economy: the new capitalists	Gerges, Fawas A.	Open Democracy	10/05/2012	ENG
Arab Nations Are No Longer Onlookers	Salem, Paul	Qantara	11/05/2012	ENG

FROM 2ND TO 8TH MAY

BAHRAIN

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
The implications of the Bahrain crisis	Khouri, Rami G.	The Daily Star	07/05/2012	ENG
صراع الإعلام في البحرين	al-Wadi, Nada	Arab Reform Bulletin	03/05/2012	ARA

EGYPT

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
المرشح الثورى وتسليم السلطة	al-Mahdi, Rabab	Shorouk news	07/05/2012	ARA
The Abbaseya violence and revolutionary impasse in Egypt	Dale, Tom	Open Democracy	05/05/2012	ENG
قررت انتخاب حمدين صباحى	Qandil, Hamdi	al-Masri al-Yawm	06/05/2012	ARA
''I'm expecting a second revolutionary wave''	Schanda, Susanne	Qantara	04/05/2012	ENG
Egyptians take Tahrir Square to the junta's doorstep	Abdelhadi, Magdi	The Guardian	04/05/2012	ENG

JORDAN

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
In Jordan, growing discontent over pace of reform	Sly, Liz	The Washington Post	07/05/2012	ENG

LIBYA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Libya: oil, the state and the revolution	Cheterian, Vicken	Open Democracy	07/05/2012	ENG

SYRIA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
انتخابات ودبابات	Iskandar, Abdallah	al-Hayat	06/05/2012	ARA
United against Assad	Knipp, Kersten	Qantara	30/04/2012	ENG
Syrian conflict sends ripples across a long-calm frontier with Israel	Brulliard, Karin	The Washington Post	08/05/2012	ENG

TUNISIA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Les secrets des années de braise seront-ils livrés au public ?	Dermech, A.	La Presse de Tunisie	08/05/2012	FRA

VARIOUS

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Saving the lost generation of Kurds	Ahmed, Akbar	Al Jazeera	08/05/2012	ENG
The Arab Spring: The end of postcolonialism	Dabashi, Hamid	Al Jazeera	08/05/2012	ENG

FROM 25TH OF APRIL TO 1ST MAY

BAHRAIN

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
''Our regime has to leave''	Knipp, Kersten	Qantara	23/04/2012	ENG

EGYPT

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
حين تعود الدولة	al-Shobaki, Amr	Al-Masri al-Yawm	25/04/2012	ARA
ثورة مصر تبرز أزمة نخبها السياسية	Abdel Fatah, Bashir	Al-Jazeera	26/04/2012	ARA
مدرسة مبارك	al-Shobaki, Amr	Al-Masri al-Yawm	29/04/2012	ARA
الصراع على «الصوت السلفي» في مصر	al-Anani, Jalil	Al-Hayat	02/05/2012	ARA
The Brothers Grim	Khalil, Ashraf	Foreign Policy	18/04/2012	ENG

SYRIA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Civil war or foreign intervention? Deadlock over Syria	Gresh, Alain	CETRI	26/04/2012	ENG
هل ينجح النطام هذه المرة أيضا؟	al-Rashed, Abdel Rahmán	Al-Sharq al-Awsat	02/05/2012	ARA
Don't let Syria become Libya	Dabshi, Hamid	Al-Jazeera	01/05/2012	ENG

VARIOUS

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Don't ban the old guard from standing in Arab elections	Nashashibi, Sharif	The Guardian	26/04/2012	ENG
Weighing the Arguments	Melber, Henning	Qantara	30/04/2012	ENG

FROM 18TH TO 24TH APRIL

BAHRAIN

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Bahrain's Formula One for failure	Kinninmont, Jane	Foreign Policy	19/04/2012	ENG

EGYPT

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
(القضاء والسياسة (1-2	al-Shobaki, Amr	Al-Masri al-Yawm	22/04/2012	ARA
Political Power Games on the Nile	el-Gawhary, Karim	Qantara	18/04/2012	ENG
! أزمة مصر تكمن في عدم اكتمال ثورتها	al-Bashiti, Yawad	Middle East Online	24/04/2012	ARA
Presidency poll on time	Dawoud, Khaled	Ahram Weekly	19-25/04/2012	ENG
الإخوان والرئاسة المصرية.. ضرورة أم مغامرة؟	Basisu, Mu´min	Al-Jazeera	21/04/2012	ARA
Can a Cigar Be a Cigar in Egyptian Politics?	Farag, Joseph	Muftah	20/04/2012	ENG
Reflections on Egypt´s Odd Politics	al-Anani, Jalil	Jadaliyya	23/04/2012	ENG
مصر رايحة فين؟	Ali Hasan, Omar	Al-Masri al-Yawm	24/04/2012	ARA
(القضاء والسياسيون (2-2	al-Shobaki, Amr	Al-Masri al-Yawm	23/04/2012	ARA
Lost in Transition: The World According to Egypt’s SCAF	Intenational Crisis Group	Intenational Crisis Group	24/04/2012	ENG
The return of Tahrir?	Mousa, Sarah	Al-Jazeera	24/04/2012	ENG

SYRIA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Violence in Syria’s Capital Even With a Cease-Fire	MacFarquhar, Neil; Saad, Hwaida	The New York Times	24/04/2012	ENG

YEMEN

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
اليمن وامريكا ودول الجوار	Saleh al-Muasafar, Muhammad	Al-Quds al-Arabi	23/04/2012	ARA
اليمن بعد اانتخابات.. اتفاقية هشة ومشهد معقد	Basandu, Wesam	Arab Reform Initiative	24/04/2012	ARA

VARIOUS

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Partners in democracy, partners in security: NATO and the Arab Spring	Corbeil, Alexander; Kennedy, Gillian; Levin, Geoffrey; Pertusot, Vivien; Surface, Josiah	Open Democracy	20/04/2012	ENG
Opportunity Missed	Galal, Amira	Qantara	17/04/2012	ENG
The Arab uprisings	Lawson, George	Open Democracy	23/04/2012	ENG

FROM 11TH TO 17TH APRIL

TUNISIA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Tunisia’s quiet counterrevolution	Aliriza, Fadil	al-Masri al-Yawm	14/04/2012	ENG
Euro-American misperceptions of the Tunisian Revolution	Bower, Benjamin Claude	Al Jazeera	17/04/2012	ENG

BAHRAIN

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
In the Kingdom of Tear Gas	Carlstrom, Gregg	Middle East Research and Information Project	13/04/2012	ENG

IRAQ

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Iraq Election Official’s Arrest Casts Doubt on Prospect for Fair Voting	Arango, Tim	The New York Times	16/04/2012	ENG

VARIOUS

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
The New Islamists	Roy, Olivier	Foreign Policy	16/04/2012	ENG
The Arab uprisings confirm the vitality of democratic desires	Perthes, Volker	The Daily Star	14/04/2012	ENG

fROM 13TH MARCH TO 10TH APRIL

BAHRAIN

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Houses Divided	Louër, Laurence	Arab Reform Bulletin	04/04/2012	ENG

EGYPT

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Making sense of Egypt: Part One, in defence of conspiracy as a method	Badawi, Ahmed	Open Democracy	22/03/2012	ENG
Assembly of the wretched	Said, Abdel Monem	Ahram Online	26/03/2012	ENG
عاجل لجميع أطراف الأزمة الحالية	Rashwan, Dia`	al-Masry al-Yawm	28/03/2012	ARA
A consensus candidate?	A. Salama, Salama	Ahram Weekly	22-28/03/2012	ENG
Neoliberal Egypt: The hijacked revolution	Hickel, Jason	Al-Jazeera	29/03/2012	ENG
((1990-2011 تفاعلات السلطة والثروة. دولة الفساد في عهد مبارك	Adli, Amro	Arab Reform Initiative	03/2012	ARA
Les généraux, les islamistes et la révolution égyptienne	Marfleet, Phil	CETRI	15/03/2012	ARA
No obvious choice	Ezzaat, Dina	Ahram Weekly	15-21/03/2012	ENG
قرار مثير للجدل	Nafia, Hasan	al-Masry al-Yawm	21/03/2012	ARA
Examining the liberal critique of Abouel Fotouh	Mohy, Karim	al-Masry al-Yawm	21/03/2012	ENG
Despite ruling, Islamist presidential frontrunners' fate still in limbo	Ibrahim, Ekram	Ahram Online	12/04/2012	ENG
Why would many Egyptians want to vote for Omar Suleiman	Sabry, Bassem	Ahram Online	12/04/2012	ENG
The labour movement and the future of democracy in Egypt	LeVine, Mark	Al-Jazeera	11/04/2012	ENG
"We are not women, we are Egyptians": spaces of protest and representation	Taher, Nadia	Open Democracy	06/04/2012	ENG
فوضى الدعاية	al-Shobaki, Amr	al-Masry al-Yawm	10/04/2012	ARA
La société civile sous contrôle	De Plaen, Rachel	CETRI	06/04/2012	FRA
«الإخوان» و«العسكرى»: ٣ احتمالات للصدام	Abdel Mayid, Wahid	al-Masry al-Yawm	13/04/2012	ARA
Presidential elections in Egypt	Said, Abdel Monem	Ahram Weekly	12-18/04/2012	ENG
The Muslim Brotherhood and the presidency	al-Anani, Jalil	Ahram Weekly	12-18/04/2012	ENG

KUWAIT

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
The Islamist “Mission Impossible” in Kuwait	Kareem, Mona	Muftah	14/03/2012	ENG

LIBYA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Taking the next step: Security Sector Reform in Libya	Berti, Benedetta; Noyan, Gonca; Grozdanova, Hristiana y Petrovic, Jelena	Open Democracy	27/03/2012	ENG
Is Autonomy for Northeastern Libya Realistic?	Lacher, Wolfram	Arab Reform Bulletin	21/03/2012	ENG

TUNISIA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Tunisia: Democracy after secularism	Shakman Hurd, Elizabeth	Al Jazeera	11/04/2012	ENG
السلفيون في تونس	Krishan, Muhammad	al-Quds al-Arabi	28/03/2012	ARA
أقل من عام  الغنوشي، أو كيف تتحول من الأخوانية إلى الليبرالية في	al-Jamis, Abdel Aziz	Middle East Online	28/03/2012	ARA
تونس من مأزق النهضة إلى عودة البورقيبية	Latifi, Adel	Al Jazeera	12/04/2012	ARA

SYRIA

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
Syria, morality and geopolitics	Müllerson, Rein	Open Democracy	25/03/2012	ENG
سوريا: من سيدفع الثمن؟	Kilo, Michel	al-Sharq al-Awsat	28/03/2012	ARA
A new world order is born in Syria	G. Khouri, Rami	The Daily Star	24/03/2012	ENG
لإطاحة بالاسدعبر الحل الدبلوماسي	Ignatius, David	al-Sharq al-Awsat	30/03/2012	ARA
The Annan plan vs. al-Assad’s time game	Özhan, Taha	Hurriyet Daily News	30/03/2012	ENG
Diplomatic Moves Increase Pressure on Assad	Gladstone, Rick	The New York Times	28/03/2012	ENG
Syria: The evil results of doing good	Grenier, Robert	Al Jazeera	28/03/2012	ENG
A year on, the Syrian paradox persists	Khouri, Rami G.	The Daily Star	17/03/2012	ENG
Lettre aux zélateurs du régime des Al-Assad	Mardam-Bey, Faruk	CETRI	16/03/2012	FRA
A year on, the Syrian paradox persists	Khouri, Rami	The Daily Star	17/03/2012	ENG
Syria ceasefire: five potential stumbling blocks	Black, Ian	The Guardian	12/04/2012	ENG
Syria's crisis: weapons vs negotiations	Aguirre, Mariano	Open Democracy	07/04/2012	ENG
L’opposition syrienne : laïcs contre islamistes ?	Pierret, Thomas	CETRI	04/04/2012	FRA
The Options in Syria	Jones, Bruce	Foreign Policy	10/04/2012	ENG

YEMEN

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
القبائل ليست الحلّ في اليمن	Manea, Elham	Arab Reform Bulletin	21/03/2012	ARA
Yemen: the Dichotomy of Revolution	Zekovic, Rebecka	Muftah	16/03/2012	ENG

VARIOUS

TITLE	AUTHOR	SOURCE	DATE	LANG.
ثمن الثورات!	Said, Abdel Monem	Al-Sharq al-Awsat	28/03/2012	ARA
Saudi Arabia and Syria: logic of dictators	al-Madawi, Rasheed	Open Democracy	20/03/2012	ENG
مصير المنطقة بيد الثورة السورية	Matar, Yamil	Shorouk News	22/03/2012	ARA
Popular Protest in North Africa and the Middle East (IX): Dallying with Reform in a Divided Jordan	VVAA	International Crisis Group	12/03/2012	ENG
Syrian Kurdish Cards	Natali, Denise	Middle East Research and Information Project	20/03/2012	ENG
الموقف الاستراتيجي للعرب في زمن الثورات	al-Sayyed, Radwan	Al-Sharq al-Awsat	13/04/2012	ARA
The counter-revolution is in full swing	Khouri, Rami G.	The Daily Star	11/04/2012	ENG

 

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