Roundtable: Middle East Strained by COVID-19, But Not Transformed

Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): DANIEL BENAIM, THANASSIS CAMBANIS, DINA ESFANDIARY, MICHAEL WAHID HANNA, ARON LUND AND DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN Original Link:  https://tcf.org/content/report/roundtable-middle-east-strained-covid-19-not-transformed/ The COVID-19 pandemic represents the greatest threat to global public health in over a century. Its considerable impact is also being felt on...

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Thanassis Cambanis

Thanassis Cambanis is an author, journalist and fellow at The Century Foundation, who specializes in the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. He is co-director of TCF’s “Arab Politics beyond the Uprisings.” His most recent book, Once Upon A Revolution: An Egyptian Story (Simon and Schuster: 2015), chronicles Egyptian efforts to create a new political

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Five Years after Tahrir Square

Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Thanassis Cambanis Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/five-years-after-tahrir-square/ Thanassis Cambanis was in Tahrir Square in January 2011 to witness first-hand the start of the Egyptian Revolution that toppled the government of then-president Hosni Mubarak. Today, I cannot help but think of the shock and wonder I felt when I beheld...

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Deaths of Egyptian Soccer Fans Raises Questions

Source: The Century Foundation Author(s): Neil Bhatiya, Thanassis Cambanis Original Link: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/deaths-of-egyptian-soccer-fans-raises-questions/ This past weekend, rioting broke out at soccer match in Cairo, Egypt, in which violence between soccer fans and the Egyptian police led to twenty-five deaths. In a conversation with TCF fellow Thanassis Cambanis, I asked...

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