Tahrir Square: For the sake of the forsaken
For ordinary Egyptians, Tahrir is now a terrifying black hole, but for its marginalised occupiers, it is a liberator from political and social tyranny.
Read moreGhost in the machine
As we spent more of our lives online, what happens to our virtual selves when we die? Do they disappear too, or do we become ghosts in the machine?
Read moreSocial media and the end of nationalism as we know it
As social media strip away the space and time separating like-minded people, is the notion of “nationalism” becoming too small for us?
Read moreIs Facebook sinking or swimming?
Like an ocean predator, if Facebook is not moving forward, it is dying. So is this big fish drowning or can it continue to swim with the tide?
Read moreThe Arab media paradox
Despite the general Arab decline in the press freedom rankings, the region’s media have, in many ways, actually become freer.
Read moreRevolution@1: The Egyptian revolution as a historical event
In the social media age, revolutions will no longer be followed by the constructing of a national identity based on just one “universal” truth.
Read moreEgypt’s middle-class cyberheroes
Social networking and blogging voices the dreams and aspirations of the young and middle-class in Egypt, leaving other groups as marginalised as ever.
Read moreThe sacred right to ‘insult’
Jailing Egyptians for insulting religion and the military goes against the revolution’s spirit, and violates people’s secular and sacred rights.
Read moreHungary for a better future?
Faced with soaring unemployment and the lack of prospects, many educated young Hungarians are being drawn to the radical right. But will it give them the better future they seek?
Read moreDiversity without adversity
Can Israelis and Palestinians learn something about building bridges between divided communities from the Egyptian revolution?
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