Political transformations and social movements Developments and visions

Publication of the Arab Forum for Alternatives on social movements and democratic transition in the Arab region (January 2024)

Arab Forum for Alternatives Since its foundation, the Arab Forum for Alternatives has been dealing with the Arab region as a unified entity for despite the specificity of each country, all countries in the region are constantly influenced by one another. This was particularly demonstrated in the uprisings that took place in the region. The Arab region witnessed two waves of the Arab Spring. The first started in Tunisia in December 2010 and included Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Libya, and Bahrain while the second started in Sudan in December 2018 and included Algeria, Lebanon, and Iraq. The two waves cannot be…

Social Movements in Lebanon: The Case of the salary scale movement

Mohamed ElAgati ,Zainab SrourrLebanonThis research is part of the Activism, Policy and Transformation project, which is considered a collaborative, participatory work between male and female researchers from different countries of Chile, Armenia, South Africa, Egypt, and Lebanon. This project is managed and supported by the International Inequality Institute and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ongoing Israeli Aggression:

Arab Forum for AlternativesPalestine “Yes, that’s my mother… I recognize her by the hair.” Introduction: A new round of the conflict: The conflict between Israeli occupation forces and Palestinian resistance in Gaza constitutes a major phase in the Arab-Israeli conflict and provides striking evidence that the occupation of Palestine has not ended with the Oslo Agreement as many had claimed. In fact, what Oslo did was securing “a deluxe occupation” for Israel as several Zionist analysts put it at the time.[1] This meant that the Palestinian Authority would repress the Palestinian people as Israel besieges them while invading their lands…

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