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Politics

An Egypt Backgrounder from the Reason Archives

Reason Staff | 1.28.2011 12:52 PM

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As Matt Welch notes, Egypt is on fire. If you're looking for some background information, look no further than these handy hits from the Reason archives. 

Reason Contributing Editor Charles Paul Freund has been on the Egypt beat for years. Check out some of his past writing on the politics and culture of the region:

Egypt: Judicial Revolt (May 15, 2005)

The Pharaoh's Reforms (May 12, 2005)

Egypt Joins the Party (February 27, 2005)

Free the Nile: Liberalism in Egypt (January 2005)

Sex, Politics, Religion, and Egypt: Want to know how complicated the Middle East can be? Go to the movies (October 14, 2004)

"Weapons of Singing Destruction": The escalating storm over Arabic pop videos (October 29, 2003)

A grab bag of relevant links from other Reason writers: 

Mitt Romney Doesn't Care About Muslim People by David Weigel (May 4, 2007)

What Next for U.S. Foreign Policy?: Power, stability, and the post-Iraq world order by Jesse Walker (June 2003)

Yes, It Is Bread We Fight For, But We Fight for Facebook Too by Jesse Walker (April 23, 2009)

Walk Like an Egyptian by Michael Young (June 19, 2005)

Egypt Rising by Nick Gillespie (February 17, 2004)

Behind the Cedars: Nonviolent protest in the Middle East by Jesse Walker (March 8, 2005)

Stay tuned for continuing coverage.

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