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Regional Perspectives on the ‘Dignity Revolutions
This policy paper provides unique perspectives from Middle Eastern activists who are part of popular protests across the region. The recommendations are based on their perspectives and addressed to the EU at large European Commission, the Dutch government and Non-Governmental Organisations in order for them to best support the democratic transitions in the region.
The Syrian Uprising and the Power of Stories
On a daily basis scores of Syrian activists upload their YouTube footage of protests and the regime’s atrocities, hoping that someone will watch them, become outraged, and act in ways to support the uprising. Given the regime’s information blackout, a lot can be learned from these video snapshots. Yet otherwise the eerie silence from Syria has been deafening. Rarely are Syrian activists given a voice to express their grievances, wishes, desires, aspir...
Middle Eastern Perspectives on the Revolutions
The Arab uprisings have surprised and stunned almost everyone in the world, including the revolutionaries themselves. The conventional wisdom until January 14th - the day of the fall of Ben Ali - both in the region and beyond - was that Arab autocrats are ‘here to stay’ and the region is doomed to be governed by authoritarian regimes. Yet ‘missions impossible’ have turned out to be possible: the power of the people ousted dictators Ben Ali and Mubarak. Despite current crackdown on popular pro...› read more...
Tags: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Civil Society in West Asia
Date: 18 April : Location: Doelenzaal, Library of the University of Amsterdam Singel 425, Amsterdam
Tags: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Civil Society in West Asia
Date: 18 April : Location: Doelenzaal, Library of the University of Amsterdam Singel 425, Amsterdam
The ‘Jasmine Revolution’: The Fall of the Arab Berlin Wall?
The dramatic and quick fall of the former president of Tunisia Ben Ali was a political Tsunami and a shock and awe. Could this unprecedented and unthinkable revolution have impacts-albeit in the long run- across the Arab Middle East?