“The Hour will not occur until the Euphrates recedes, uncovering a mountain of gold over which people will fight. Ninety-nine out of...

From the taxi cabs, tuk-tuks (miniature three-wheeled vehicles), and vendor stands crowding the busy streets of Cairo blares a genre of...

On November 16, 2017, Egyptian satirist Islam al-Rifai walked into a trap set by authorities. The comedian believed he was attending a...

Last August, Tarek Amer, the polished head of the Central Bank of Egypt, received the IMF’s MENA Central Banker of the Year award. And he...

Dr. Sarah Tobin is an anthropologist at The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, with expertise in...

They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Tell that to the 22 countries of the Arab League who convened at the Arab...

It is an image that has become familiar to us all. Figures with black tape placed over their mouths hold signs that say “journalism is...

Certain moments in history transcend the time and place at which they occur: think the fall of the Berlin Wall, or the release of Nelson...

Last Monday outside an Egyptian courtroom, families wept and women fainted after a judge passed down a mass death sentence to more than...

Three years ago, no one would have believed that Egypt would soon witness another military leader holding office. After weeks of...

Mohammad Fadel, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Toronto, talks to Brown Political Review’s Annika Lichtenbaum about the...

Confused by the events in Egypt? This is not altogether a bad thing. Confusion is a symptom of the acceptance of nuance. It’s taken...

The crisis you almost forgot is still there. The violence in Syria is suddenly halfway through its third year, with no end in sight. With...

It is no secret that revolution, successful or otherwise, rarely produces results as glorious as initially imagined. For example, the...

In reading the New York Times yesterday, it struck me that following the news about Syria is becoming almost unbearably frustrating. More...

Though the news out of the Middle East last week was dominated by the shocking car bombing in Beirut, the region also witnessed the...