Iraqi Blocs Choose New PM-Designate After Weeks of Jockeying

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB / The Associated Press Feb 1, 2020 Former communications minister Mohammed Allawi is selected to replace outgoing Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

19 Killed in Protests in Iraq Despite Calls for Calm

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA / The Associated Press Oct 5, 2019 Anti-government demonstrators rally and set offices on fire as they press for reforms in the nation's most serious challenge in two years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Protests Escalate in Iraq: 9 Dead, Hundreds Wounded

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA / The Associated Press Oct 2, 2019 The violence could signal a new round of political instability in the war-weary country. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

On Election’s Eve, Portraits of Egypt’s Leader Fill Iconic Cairo Square

BRIAN ROHAN / The Associated Press Mar 25, 2018 Seven years ago, Cairo’s Tahrir Square was filled with tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding change. Now it is plastered with portraits President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who is running for re-election this week, asserting continuity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Recall America’s Historical Shame

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Aug 25, 2016 If indigenous activists manage to block the building of an oil line they consider a threat to ancestral lands, their success will be one small measure of justice in a line of injustices going back to the founding of this nation. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Women in Egypt After the Arab Spring: Gains and Losses

By Juan Cole and Shahin Malik Cole Oct 7, 2014 Women played a significant role in the 2011-2013 revolutions that shook the heart of the Arab world, as well as in the succeeding turmoil. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Photo of the Day: Egyptian Youth Demanded End to Military Trials for Civilians

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 1, 2014 On the June 30 anniversary of the determined masses gathered in their millions at Tahrir Square and in city centers throughout Egypt, demanding a recall election for then Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamad Morsi, Tahrir Square in Cairo was blocked off and deserted. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Arab Millennials Will Be Back

By Juan Cole, TomDispatch Jun 29, 2014 The thwarted rebellions of the past three years were led by 20-somethings who have decades left to come into their own. Don’t count them out yet. They have only begun the work of transforming the region. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Protest Listen: ‘How Is the Revolution Supposed to Shine?’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 2, 2014 The world's dispossessed have always made sense of their troubles and eased their sorrows through music. The Internet lets them do it across borders and cultures. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The 18th Brumaire of Gen. al-Sisi in Egypt

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 28, 2014 On Monday, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced that Field Marshall Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (also the minister of defense) was free to run for president if his conscience led him to do so. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Egypt’s Revolution: Director Jehane Noujaim Talks About Capturing the Tahrir Square Uprising

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Dec 5, 2013 The Egyptian filmmaker says what happened in Tahrir forever changed the consciousness of the country. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Morsi Supporters Rally in Egypt by the Thousands

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 13, 2013 Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian Islamists and others who support Mohamed Morsi, the president who was deposed and arrested by the military last week, swelled the streets of Cairo and other cities Friday in an intensifying campaign aimed at returning the country's first freely elected president to power. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )