In the essay “Beyond Paralyzing Terror: The ‘Dark Decade’ in the Algerian Hirak, Elizabeth Perego discusses allusions to the “archived past” of the 1990s during the mass mobilizations that began in the country in 2019 and have continued into this year. In this issue’s second center-piece essay, Ebshoy Magdy examines narratives around poverty in Egypt in relation to the country’s two cash support programs, Takaful and Karama. Additionally, this issue features a bundle of essays contextualizing the Lebanese and Iranian uprisings.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURED ARTICLES
Beyond Paralyzing Terror: The “Dark Decade” in the Algerian Hirak
Elizabeth Perego
The Eligible and Ineligible Poor: The Development of Social Spending Philosophy in Egypt
Ebshoy Magdy
ARTICLES
The Lebanese and Iranian Protests
The Lebanese Intifada: Observations and Reflections on Revolutionary Times
Jeffrey G. Karam and Sana Tannoury-Karam
The Magic of Mutual Coexistence in Lebanon
Maya Mikdashi
Beyond the Lebanese Constitution: A Primer
Maya Mikdashi
Between Solidarity and Absolution: An Interjection on the Western Left’s Response to the Recent Protests in Iran
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
Roundtable: Iran’s Domestic Politics and Political Economy
Arash Davari, Peyman Jafari, Ali Kadivar, Zep Kalb, Arang Keshavarzian, Azam Khatam, Saira Rafiee, and Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
The Systemic Problem of “Iran Expertise” in Washington
Negar Razavi
Other Articles
Racism and Syrians in Turkey: The Political Economy of Discrimination
Helen Mackreath
The 21st Century Problem of Anti-Muslim Racism
Nadine Naber and Junaid Rana
Repression or Development? Morocco after the Hirak
Riccardo Fabiani
Security Vans of Laâyoune
Mark Drury
Life Contained in Gaza
Francesco Sebregondi
ARABIC
«هؤلاء الشرقيّون»: منيف و«سباق المسافات الطويلة»
Yazen el-Haj
عن جيل «البوبجي» وأجيال أخرى لم يرحمها أحد
Shaker Alnasseri
الجنسية والإبعاد في الكويت: هل يعيد التاريخ نفسه؟
Abdulrahman Ibrahim
العراق مِن العِلْم إلى الحلم: في سيرة العالِم غسان كبّة
Wadood Hamad
السومريون «الجدد» في العراق
Sinan Antoon
REVIEWS
The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity (New Texts Out Now)
Darryl Li
Negotiating Conflict in Lebanon: Bordering Practices in a Divided Beirut (New Texts Out Now)
Mohamad Hafeda
Economics for People and the Planet: Inequality in the Era of Climate Change (New Texts Out Now)
James K. Boyce
“Citizenship as Domination: Settler Colonialism and the Making of Palestinian Citizenship in Israel” (New Texts Out Now)
Lana Tatour
Iran and Palestine: Past, Present, Future (New Texts Out Now)
Seyed Ali Alavi
PEDAGOGY
Essential Readings on Islam in the United States
Zareena Grewal
Essential Readings: Masculinity in the Middle East
Farha Ghannam
Essential Readings: The Iraqi Revolution of 1958
Sara Pursley
INTERVIEWS
Syrian Musalsalat During the Ongoing Conflict: An Interview with Christa Salamandra
Mira Nabulsi
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Is Gaza Still Occupied and Why Does It Matter?
Lisa Hajjar
