RN Chairman Chibli Mallat in a recent Global Post interview with Lauren Maddow discussed the rise of extremism in wake of the Middle East revolutions noting the particular importance of Syria in determining outcomes across the region. He highlighted the difficulty of mandating tolerance constitutionally, stressing two essential paths to success in the ongoing revolutions […]
Prominent Syrian intellectual and writer Sadek Jalal al-Azm was honored 13 March with the Mahmoud Darwish Award for Freedom and Creativity for 2013. Awarded by the Mahmoud Darwish Foundation established to safeguard the cultural legacy and promote the humanist values of the Palestinian ‘national’ poet, the award recognizes “….creative Palestinian or Arab intellectuals in the areas of freedom of […]
RN Associate Mara Revkin, in an article for Atlantic Council’s EgyptSource, offers a detailed analysis of the complex dynamic that has led to the proliferation and popularity of Shari’a courts and vigilante security groups in the “economically destitute and politically disadvantaged” Sinai Peninsula. Noting the historical basis for informal dispute resolution, she highlights that the […]
RN Chairman Chibli Mallat, in an op-ed in Ahram suggests immediate measures that President Morsi could take to avoid a military coup in Egypt including appointment of an opposition figure as prime minister and formation of a representative and comprehensive coalition cabinet. He also identifies key actions related to human rights and the constitutional process to […]
Advocates from across the region selected in a competitive process met in Tunis January 15-16, 2013 for the opening session of the program “Informing the Constitutional Moment” funded by National Endowment for Democracy. The program is centered on fostering a regional network of youth advocates of rule of law to be better able to participate […]
RN Chairman Mallat in an op-ed in Ahram notes that Egyptian Preisdent Morsi’s unilateral constitutional declarations are beyond presidential authority and suggests a a public policy statement of accountability that would address critical issues in the transitional period as an alternative mechanism to mitigate division within the country and revive the collective spirit of the Nile Revolution. […]
