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THE ARAB SPRING AND THE RISE OF NON-STATE ACTORS
It the past four years, Arabs have been living in endless Sisyphean ordeal, an unexpected nightmare after rising for what they called “the Arab Spring”. A very similar scenario was cloned in most of
Read More »LA NECESSITE POUR UNE TROISIEME VOIE DANS LE MONDE ISLAMIQUE
Les événements politiques forcent les intellectuels du monde islamique à choisir entre deux systèmes autoritaires; une système anti-démocratique fondé sur la curatelle des armées modernistes ou une système démocratique dans lequel les peuples défendant
Read More »AFRICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF CIVILIZATIONS – ARTICLE III
Transit from Desert Africa to Tropical Africa – Mali and Niger This region is spared of Islam-Christianity standoff and violent struggle between bearers of different civilizations. It nevertheless is quite sensitive, and separatist sentiments
Read More »THE CONSTITUTION OF IRAN AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE
“A true revolution, for Gramsci, is not just about taking over the state, but about winning over society by establishing institutional, intellectual, and moral hegemony.” (Bayat, 2007: 21) The constitution of the Islamic Republic
Read More »THE STATUS OF IRANIAN YOUTH
“‘Youth’ as a social category is essentially a modern, indeed an urban, phenomenon. It is in cities that “young people” turn into “youth” by developing a particular consciousness about being young.” (Bayat, 2007: 64).
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