Clashes between pro-Mubarak and anti-Mubarak in Tahrir Square © Image: Hammer of Truth

The Middle East: Compliance with Authoritarian Exploitation

By Hakim Khatib It is more often that we hear questions such as why do people comply with authoritarian exploitation? Why don’t they rebel, reform or change the status quo? Don’t they like to live in a democratic system? And many other [...]
The Struggle Over Ideological Power In The Middle East

The Struggle Over Ideological Power In The Middle East

By Hakim Khatib.     Using religious frameworks in political contestation and mobilisation processes has become more eminent in recent decades spiralling an intricate debate on the conceptualisation and implementation of such references [...]