Women and Work in MENA And South Asia: Puzzles, Paradoxes and Policy Challenges

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Gendering the Archive: A Catalyst for Change in Women’s Rights in Egypt

In this episode, Diana Magdy, a gender equality specialist, feminist researcher and oral historian has a conversation with Professor Hoda Elsadda unpacking the politics of archiving, revealing archives as spaces of power and resistance rather than neutral repositories. Diana Magd ...  Show more

'Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed' Book Launch

Return of Tyranny explains why counterrevolutions both emerge and succeed, marshalling original data on counterrevolutions worldwide since 1900. It also offers a fresh perspective and new evidence on the reversal of Egypt’s 2011 revolution, one of the most prominent recent episod ...  Show more

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