A REVOLUTION OF IDEAS
The Arab Revolts: Ten Tentative Observations / Mouin Rabbani, 10
Revolutions Bring Down Ideas As Well! / Fawaz Traboulsi, 14
The Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt: The People without Populism / Ahmad Beydoun, 22
What the people want… / Mohammed Ali Atassi, 28
Revolutions for Democracy / Hussein Yaakoub, 35
ARAB STREETS AND ARAB PUBLICS: A NEW POLITICAL CULTURE?
The "Arab Spring": Rebirth or Final Throes of Pan-Arabism? / Yassine Temlali, 46
A New Arab Street in Post-Islamist Times / Asef Bayat, 50
What Next for the "Arab Street"? / Muhammad Ali Khalidi and Terry Regier, 54
The Other Face of the January Revolution: The People's Desire to Liberate their Language! / Mansoura Ez-Eldin, 58
REVOLUTIONS IN REAL TIME: THE MEDIATIZATION OF POLITICAL STRUGGLE
The Role of Al-Jazeera (Arabic) in the Arab Revolts of 2011 / Aref Hijjawi, 68
Media Live Up to Name as Game Changers in Spreading Arab Revolutions / Magda Abu-Fadil, 74
Social Media and the Revolutions / Doreen Khoury, 80
Digital Activism: Arabs Can Do It Themselves / Interview with Sami Ben Gharbia, 86
Portrait: Slim Amamou - From Digital Activist to State Secretary / Eva Lehnen, 90
THE SOCIAL COSTS OF AUTHORITARIANISM
Whither the Political and Social Movement in Arab Countries: Can we Expect a New Arab Renaissance? / Adib Nehme, 96
Arab Leaders and Western Countries: Swapping Democracy for Business Interests / Ibrahim Saif, 106
The Revolutions of the Arab Region: Socio-economic Questions at the Heart of Successful Ways Forward / Ziad Abdel Samad and Kinda Mohamadieh, 112
Feeding the Arab Uprisings / Rami Zurayk, 119
Freedom is the Prerequisite for Bread / Interview with Ibrahim Awad, 126
"THE PEOPLE DEMAND..." THE DOWNFALL OR REFORM OF THE REGIME?
The Youth Revolution: A First Reading of the Social and Cultural Conditions Surrounding the Tunisian Revolution / Mehdi Mabrouk, 132
What Kind of Transition for Egypt? / Issandr El Amrani, 145
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the 25 January Revolution / Dalal Bizri, 150
Bahrain: Change of the Regime or Changes within the Regime? / Mostafa Abdulla, 159
A Tense Syria in a Changing Arab World / Yassin al-Haj Salih, 166
Libyan Re-independence and Reclaiming the Revolution / Ghazi Gheblawi, 176
Algeria, or the Desire for a Future / Ghania Mouffok, 180
The Arab Revolutions-in-the-Making and Palestine / George Giacaman, 186
Distorted Democracy: Democratic Transformation and Sectarian Identities in Iraq after 2003 / Anbara Abu-Ayyash, 190
The Lebanese "Secularist" Movement in the Shadow of the Arab Democratic Movements / Hassan Abbas and Hussein Yaakoub, 196
TESTIMONIES
Heroic Resolve in the Face of the Omnipresent Machine of Oppression: Recounting the Events of the Tunisian Revolution / Malek Sghiri, 202
Fear and Revolution in Libya / Nahla Daoud, 208
Encounters on the Margin of Revolution / Muzna Al-Masri, 212
PARTICIPATION AND JUSTICE
In the Wake of Arab Revolts: Women's Rights in the Balance / Interview with Hanan Abdel Rahman-Rabbani, 218
We Are Not Accomplices to Power! A New Role for the Judiciary / Interview with Nizar Saghieh, 226
Nothing Was Ever Brought to Trial / Interview with Magda Adly, 232
INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY POLITICS
American Policies: Debating National Interests / Raed Fakeeh, 236
EU-Libya Agreements on Refugees and Asylum Seekers: The Need for a Reassessment / Urs Fruehauf, 243
The Price of the Divide on Libya: Why I support the No Fly Zone / Tasnim Qutait, 248
Goodbye Free Libya? A Report from Benghazi / Nicolas Pelham, 252
The Securitization of Political Rule: Security Domination of Arab Regimes and the Prospects for Democratization / Mouin Rabbani, 258