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New Project: Pandemic Lessons for Democratic Good Practices in Crisis in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia (2022-2024)

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Arab Alternatives Forum for Social Studies (AFA) is pleased to announce the launch of its new project in partnership with United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF). As well as with the partnership of the Tunisian Democratic transition observatory (OTTD). The project’s overall objective is the promotion of democratic good practices during crises, through examining the different ways in which governments have dealt with the pandemic crisis. Key activities aim to support stakeholders in improving their knowledge on the features and characteristics of Covid-19 responses in the Arab States Region, combining research, capacity building, and policy recommendations; thus, improving their capacity to…

Youth and the Arab Spring: Same demands and different paths

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Introduction: The role played by Arab youth in the protest movements that started in 2010 is undeniably pivotal in steering the wheel for change towards democratic transformation in countries of the region. However, in their pursuit for democratic transformation, Arab youth were met by multiple challenges and drawbacks that influenced the fulfillment of their demands on the ground. Most analysts divide the “Arab Spring” into waves the first wave that started with Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, etc. Moreover, the second wave that started with Algeria, Sudan and Lebanon. In both waves, the role of youth was crucial in the movement, which…

On the quest for alternative economic indicators

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Main Researcher: Mohamed Sultan Researchers according to the studies order: Toufic Haddad, Wael Gamal, Dina Abdallah, Jamal Ouididi, Arbi Hafidi Translated By: Sonia Farid The question of developing a set of alternative economic indicators is both intriguing and complex, as there is no simple way to approach it. What is an indicator after all? In addition, what makes an ‘alternative indicator’ alternative? Why is it important to understand the relevance of indicators when discussing free trade, economic systems and their implications on politics and society? Without clarity on these aspects, there is a danger that discussion relies upon a set…

Political Development Crises in the Arab Region: Between Theory and the Implications of Mobility

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Mohammed El-Agati, Mina Samir Gabi, Omar Samir Khalaf, Shimaa El-Sharkawy, Yasmin Ayman. The book consists of five-chapters, published by the Arab Forum for Alternatives in 2019. After nearly nine years of Arab mobility, attempting to analyze the five political development crises (identity crisis, participation crisis, distribution crisis, penetration crisis, and crisis of legitimacy) and its impact on The Arab Spring affected by it, because the Arab Spring has raised questions related to these crises in different formats. The first chapter written by Mohammed Al-Agati deals with the crisis of identity as a complex concept, which consists of the interaction of…

Social justice: Concepts and Applications “Training manual”

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This training manual is one of the outputs of a project on social justice concept and policy after the Arab revolutions, published by AFA in collaboration with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation North Africa Office in 2014, and conducted training in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. This manual attempts to introduce the concept of social justice in its theoretical and practical dimensions through seven chapters: First chapter prepared by Wael Gamal, titled “How to understand social justice? Your manual to definitions and concepts”. This chapter deals with the argument between the different definitions and approaches to social justice, then the debate between…

The Emergence of the ‘New Right’ in Europe and its views on the main Arab issues

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After the defeat of the Nazi-fascist powers in World War II, a first ‘wave’ of Far-Right movements emerged in Europe -as well as elsewhere- in the ‘long 1960s’ and especially in the 1970s’ as a challenge to both the ‘New Cold War Order’ and to the emergence of the Revolutionary Leftist Movements. In his provocative book Where Have All the Fascists Gone?1, Canadian scholar Tamir Bar-On retraces the trajectory of the European New Right (ENR) from its post-WW2 formative years, to the most important developments in the subsequent decades. Bar-On aptly identifies the turning pointing the 1968 protest movement, as…

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