An anthropology of Muslims in Europe - A modest attempt by Martijn
A weekly round up of writings on the Internet, some relevant for my research, some political, some funny but all of them interesting (Dutch/English). (As usual to a large extent based upon suggestions from Dutch, other European, American and Middle Eastern readers. Thank you all.) This week featuring the uprisings in the Middle East, again, but now with a special focus on the position and role of women.
According to Asef Bayat, if revolutions are about intense struggle for a profound change, then any revolution should expect a counterrevolution of subtle or blatant forms. The question is not if the threat of counter-revolution is to be expected; the question rather is if the ‘revolutions’ are revolutionary enough to offset the perils of restoration. It seems that the Arab revolutions remain particularly vulnerable precisely because of their distinct peculiarity—their structural anomaly expressed in the paradoxical trajectory of political change.
Today the Netherlands has regional elections. The current campaign is dominated not by regional issues but by national themes. This, hopefully could lead to a high turn out rate but I doubt it since the 1995 elections not even half of the population voted in 1999, 2003 and 2007. This has inspired a Dutch journalism student to make video with the protesters on Tahrir Square in Cairo calling upon the Dutch to go and vote.
Gert Borg kijkt terug op de ontwikkelingen in Egypte en blikt vooruit. Daarnaast gaat hij in op de tribale structuren in Libië en Jemen en de vraag hoe deze zich verhouden tot het project van een levensvatbare economie.
A weekly round up of writings on the Internet, some relevant for my research, some political, some funny but all of them interesting (Dutch/English). (As usual to a large extent based upon suggestions from Dutch, other European, American and Middle Eastern readers. Thank you all.) This week featuring the uprisings in the Middle East, again.
One of the most interesting sites with updates and backgrounds on the revolts in the Arab world is Jadaliyya.com. Today they published their first interview conducted by Jadaliyya Co-Editor Noura Erakat with one of the leaders of the Libyan uprising: Ali Ahmida.
Terwijl er de afgelopen dagen op het internet gediscussiëerd werd hoe de naam Mubarak omgevormd kan worden naar een Arabisch werkwoord en wat dat woord dan zou moeten betekenen, gingen in Jemen mensen de straat op om te protesteren tegen het regime van Ali Abdallah Salih, de man die de afgelopen 33 jaar Jemen heeft geregeerd. In het Midden-Oosten, maar ook elders, word uitgebreid gegist over de vraag ‘wie is de volgende’. Op het eerste gezicht lijkt Jemen (in casu: president Ali Abdallah Salih) kandidaat te zijn. Annemarie van Geel gaat dieper op de situatie in.
Bringing together a short list of sites that update on the Libya Uprising and covering twitter updates.
Miriam Gazzah reflects on the current situation in Tunisia. Work and freedom of speech and expression, that is all that Tunisian youth want. It is a simple request. Based upon her own impressions and those of her father Gazzah makes clear that these wishes are not easily achieved for a country where more than half of the population consists of people under 25 years old. Tunisia’s new government will hopefully find a way to give new impulses to the economy, with help of Europe and the United States. But most importantly: tourists must come back to Tunisia as soon as possible.
Een overzicht van de Arabische pers door Roel Meijer.
