The fallacy of claiming the Islamic State is a bigger threat to world order...
The Sydney University Politics Society have organised a debate titled: The Islamic State is a bigger threat to world order than Cold War communism. Although I disagree with the premise of the debate, I...
View ArticleWhat Louis Armstrong taught Egypt and the Middle East about itself
Louis Armstrong playing for his wife Lucille Wilson at the Pyramids of Giza (1961) This post has been republished in Open Democracy , Sydney Democracy Network and Al-Araby If there was one legacy,...
View ArticleThe Five-Year Odyssey: Alexandria-related articles (2010-2015)
The following are most of my published articles (including some blog posts and videos) that deal with Alexandria-related issues or employs Alexandria as an illustration, from 2010 to 2015. However,...
View ArticleA Frightening Vision: On plans to rebuild the Alexandria Lighthouse
Originally published in Mada Masr, republished in openDemocracy Arabic translation: رؤية مرعبة: عن خطط إعادة بناء منارة الإسكندرية The Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria It’s no easy feat to restore the...
View ArticleAlexandria’s walls can still speak: Shaimaa el-Sabbagh in street art
The late poet, writer and activist Shaimaa el-Sabbagh who was killed by security forces on 24 January 2015, as she was walking to lay flowers for those who have fallen in Tahrir, has, this month, been...
View ArticleInterview with ABC News 24 on Egypt’s new anti-terror law
“In Egypt, an anti-terror law has been approved that toughens sentences for crime and protects authorities in enforcing the law. Journalists can be heavily fined under the new law for publishing...
View ArticleWas all of this worth it, Assad?
Imagine, when Bashar al-Assad and his regime was confronted with an uprising in early 2011, he could have wisely stepped down, initiated a democratic transition or negotiated a power-sharing agreement....
View ArticleWhen Hope and Despair collide in the Egyptian public sphere (lecture in Berlin)
Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1655007894739574/ (23 views) The post When Hope and Despair collide in the Egyptian public sphere (lecture in Berlin) appeared first on Amro Ali:...
View ArticleEgyptian journalism: ‘Is there shame in [asking] a question?’
Published in Mada Masr “In Egypt, there is freedom of speech, but no freedom after speech” – went the running joke at a recent conference in Berlin that brought a number of prominent Egyptian media...
View ArticleThe Hidden Triumph of the Egyptian Revolution
Republished in openDemocracy To those who cast doubt on the success of the Egyptian revolution. Step back, look around you, and reflect for a moment. [From Alexandria’s Stanley neighborhood: “The...
View ArticleWhy terrorism will always feel worse today than in previous decades
This will not be of much consolation to the people and victims in Brussels, but it’s important to put the timeline of terrorism in Western Europe in perspective. As the chart by Satista shows, this, by...
View ArticleBack to the City: Understanding Alexandria’s Historical Awareness of Civic...
I will be giving a talk and holding a discussion that seeks to understand how historical and philosophical processes shape the Alexandrian citizen’s relationship to identity, spaces and history. The...
View ArticleGiulio and the Italians of Egypt
Published in Mada Masr Italian translation in Internazionale Between the static desert that “ceaselessly wears away” and the perpetual sea that “furiously manifests renewal” is constituted “my first...
View ArticleGiulio Regeni e gli italiani in Egitto che denunciano il regime (Italian...
Published in Italy’s Internazionale magazine. Originally published in Mada Masr (in English). Tra il deserto immobile che “incessantemente si consuma” e il mare perpetuo che “manifesta furiosamente...
View ArticleKakistocracy: A word we need to revive
“Stupidity does not consist in being without ideas. Such stupidity would be the sweet, blissful stupidity of animals, molluscs and the gods. Human Stupidity consists in having lots of ideas, but...
View ArticleThe Middle East: World Crisis? A Conference
ShareI will be giving a talk on 4 June in Berlin regarding Egypt’s role in the region vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia and Turkey, with a focus on how the 2011 revolution impacts the legitimacy and narrative...
View ArticleAs Medina reveals: ISIS is not hijacking Islam, it is actively at war with Islam
ShareA car bomb close to the Prophet’s tomb at Medina If a self-proclaimed Catholic group bombed the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Basilica and constantly killed scores of innocent Catholics, then we would...
View ArticleBurkinis are accepted, if on a poor woman scrubbing France’s floors
Share The legendary African-American novelist James Baldwin once noted on his trip to France, in 1949, the extent of violence “Paris policemen could do to Arab peanut vendors.” The crime of an Arab, it...
View ArticleAlexandria and the Search for Meaning (The City Dialogue Series)
Share The Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex) partners with Alexandria Scholars in facilitating an intellectual project that brings together international and national figures to converse with...
View ArticleAlexandria and the “Curse” of Nostalgia (Second symposium of the City...
Share Click here for the Facebook event page (4 views) The post Alexandria and the “Curse” of Nostalgia (Second symposium of the City Dialogue Series) appeared first on Amro Ali.
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