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Items by Dr Hisseine Faradj
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The crisis of American democracy
The storming of Capitol Hill by Donald Trump loyalists and far-right terrorists on 6 January summarises the crisis and decline of liberal democracy in the US. Liberals and autocrats around the world must have watched in horror or with a smile. If this could happen in America, it could...
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Charles Le Brun and the 'Arab Winter'
The recent rise and use of the term “Arab Winter” by those on the left- and right-wing seems to unite different and opposite worldviews regarding the prospects of democracy, freedom and equality in the Arab/Muslim world. The “Orientalist” worldview, argued by Edward Said (1935-2003), is a possible explanation for...