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Peace in 2011: 'solutions to conflicts do exist’

('Annie Rutherford',) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:15:14 -0000

From democratic aspirations to the transformation of the media game, Cathy Van Dorslaer, a Belgian psychologist specialising in the prevention of conflicts, explains why she believes 2011 stood under the sign of peace

Hope in 2011: Tahrir and Puerta del Sol utopias

('Annie Rutherford',) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:20:56 -0000

This time it’s for real. Bad luck for Greece. Thomas has made up his mind: he’s leaving tonight. He climbs into the boat – and goodbye. Between Thomas More’s Utopia and Charles Fourier’s concept of the phalanstery, a literary look back at 2011

Spanish user describes 'big bad twitter'

('Elaine Jordan',) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:45:42 -0000

‘21st Century Agora’, the ‘New Public Sphere’ and the ‘Fifth Power’ - the micro-blogging service has been labelled many things since its launch in 2006, some of which seem grandiose and others which don’t sound right at all. Labels for twitter are a variation of the following three themes: that it is a place, a medium and a tool

Revolution rapper Mohamed El Deeb, Tahrir square's figurehead

('Eva Vanhee',) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:30:00 -0000

Some musical genres, like rap and hip hop, developed so as to voice the rage of victims of injustice. Yet how many times has such ‘protest music’ really brought about a new revolution? The Egyptian rapper went out onto the streets to make real the change he evokes in his texts

Ukraine, Belarus, Egypt...free the online activist in you

('Ilona Nuk\xc5\xa1evica',) — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:03:17 -0000

Ukraine’s ‘Day of Wrath’ against its president on 14 May has been organised online. Belarus’ internet is the only escape from regime propaganda. The Arab world reported its transitions online. Amidst these examples, Peter Ludlow, cyber rights activist and philosophy professor at Northwestern University in Illinois, emphasies that politics can be influenced in bottom-up solutions. Interview

Canvas, Otpor, Pora: Serbia's brand is non-violent revolution

('shadow',) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:35:39 -0000

Israa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed Adel and Asmaa Mahfouz will be remembered as the ones who largely contributed to dismantling Hosni Mubarak's 30 year rule over Egypt, and one of them revealed this year that he trained with similar youth organisations in Belgrade

Fare dodger, stowaway or free rider?

('English language version of cafebabel.com',) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:15:00 -0000

Does the Arab uprising mean more 'stowaways' for Europe? Why does a stowaway in French mean the same thing as a fare dodger? Why is fare dodging in Italy called 'pulling a Portuguese'? Expression of the week

Vox-pop: European Egyptians on Mubarak protests

("naomi o'leary",) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:30:31 -0000

Five European leaders have called for an urgent transition of power in Egypt. 300 have died across the country over the last ten days, according to UN estimates. With 161 British Egyptians flown out of the north African country so far, four young voices from London, Manchester and Essex discuss their fears, roots and families

Egypt: President Mubarak's men in pro-democracy clashes

('euro topics',) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:51:43 -0000

Several people were killed in Cairo on 2 February in the violent clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. The Slovenian, Swedish and German press blames the regime for the escalation of violence and bemoans the low level of EU and US support for the opposition

Wael Nawara: 'Secular is a word we Egyptians used to use wrongly'

('Sarah Gray',) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0000

A nocturnal meeting with the second-in-command of the El Ghad ('The Tomorrow') party, Egypt’s main force of liberal opposition to Mubarak’s regime

Meeting the Bedouin

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:00:00 -0000

Egypt, summer 2006