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Spring 2018
Cairo Review No. 29
Women in the Middle East
Tahrir Forum
Trump’s Dangerous Gamble
The consequences of Trump’s short-sighted decision on the Iran Nuclear Pact and an analysis of the JCPOA’s pros and cons.
Q & A
“My principle is to unveil the mind”
The Cairo Review speaks to Nawal El Saadawi about her writing and the status of women in Egypt and the Arab World.
“We want to see real results”
The Cairo Review speaks to Rothna Begum about the status of female migrant domestic workers in the Gulf.
“Our niche is to focus on the most vulnerable and marginalized”
The Cairo Review speaks to Blerta Aliko about how UN Women Egypt works to empower women socially, economically, and politically.
Essays
Educated, But Will She Work?
Social and economic transformations are further integrating Arab women into the workforce. Yet economic and cultural norms continue to hinder their empowerment.
Iranian Women, Work, and the Gender Regime
Iranian women advance their political agency even as their government imposes a neo-patriarchal economic and political system in the Islamic Republic.
The Long Struggle for Women’s Rights
Following the Arab Spring, the fight for women’s sexual and social rights will be won in the Middle East and North Africa through progressive evolution, not revolution.
Are Egyptian Women Empowered?
Seven years after the Egyptian uprising, what have Egyptian women achieved and what challenges have they faced? A lot still needs to be done before they gain more political and social power.
The Middle East According to Egypt
The Egyptian government is charting a role for itself as new and critical developments unfold in the region.
Egypt’s Shifting Foreign Policy Priorities
How are Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s foreign policy priorities expected to change after his reelection?
The Truth about the Muslim Brotherhood
For the better part of two decades, a debate has raged in American research and policy circles about whether the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is a moderate political force. A study of the Brotherhood’s political Islam and its linkage to present-day terrorism.
Sixty Years of Egyptian Politics: What Has Changed?
The Egyptian state has undergone three major regime transitions since Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rule, with the current regime reversing much of the policies put in place by the first.
ASEAN: An Unexpected Success Story
Against all odds, the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, has grown into one of the most viable and successful regional organizations in the world.
Midan
The Lam-Alif Artist
The work of award-winning Egyptian-Lebanese artist Bahia Shehab focuses on issues of identity and injustice.
Daughter of the Nile
A profile of Egyptian feminist and founder of Bint Al-Nil journal Doria Shafik.
Oriental Hall, etc.
Happenings, speakers, and events at the American University in Cairo in Spring 2018.
Is a Nuclearized Middle East Inevitable?
How to address the challenge of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.
Book Reviews
Saudi, Inc.
How Saudi Arabia’s national oil company transformed the desert kingdom.
Freedom without Permission
How can we upturn narratives about the Arab Spring uprisings?