by Alex Thurston Protests against the Innocence of Muslims film have taken on a global scope...in sub-Saharan Africa, responses...

by Maurice Chammah The call to prayer was not just a reminder of religious extremism. For these elite Egyptians,...

by Maurice Chammah At first I did a double take, seeing the word ‘Weinstein’ in simple block letters one...

By Maurice Chammah Nasser had...wanted the state to protect journalists from the market, but could that be done without...

by Alex Thurston Suddenly, Salafism seems to be everywhere: mainstream Salafism, political Salafism, Wahhabist Salafism,

by Maurice Chammah The editors weren’t pleased. It was too complex...It would be easier, they decided, to frame the...

The latest issue of Cultural Anthropology features an article by Revealer writer Yasmin Moll (read the entire issue here)...

From Khaled Fahmy's article, "Women, Revolution, and Army" in the Egyptian Independent: Ibrahim [Samira Ibrahim, Egyptian woman who successfully...

Worth the Wait: It may have taken 1,500 years but the Talmud finally has an index. Early Adopters: I've...

Reuters reports that Egypt's Coptic Christians are receiving an unprecedented amount of foreign support; subsequently they fear "a backlash from...

Media in the West love the narrative that godless, Communist Russia eventually fell to the relentless, holy hand of...