Archive for Nouh El Harmouzi
Nouh El Harmouzi is editor of Minbar Al Hurriyya, the Arabic-language news and analysis site of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, and university professor at Ibn Toufail University in Kenitra, Morocco.
Roots of Egypt’s Revolt
Egypt has been a pressure cooker for decades. Like others in the region, the Mubarak regime was sitting atop a simmering political crisis, simultaneously attempting to contain rising Islamist violence and snuff out pockets of political resistance. The country has been under a continuous state of emergency since the assassination of Mubarak’s predecessor, Anwar Sadat, [...]
21Apr2011 | Nouh El Harmouzi | 3 comments | ContinuedRoots of Egypt’s Revolt
A “rent-seeking” political system that cemented its hold on society put Egypt in a perpetual pre-revolutionary situation and created a powerful, but quite brittle, security situation.
21Feb2011 | Nouh El Harmouzi | 12 comments | Continued-
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