Author: Ali Kadri

Ali Kadri is presently a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE). He is conducting research on the political economy of the Arab world. Formerly, he served as Head of the Economic Analysis Section of the United Nations regional office in Beirut.

A Period of Revolutionary Fervour

Just a week after the Tunisian revolution, at a conference in Beirut, an astute Egyptian social scientist was asked, would the Tunisian contagion spread to Egypt? And his answer was … Keep reading »

Social Movements • February 24, 2011 • Ali Kadri