Rachel Shabi

Cutting Edge media award

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:19:15 +0000

Honoured to be awarded the Next Century Foundation’s Cutting Edge media prize 2013.

Tunisia: culture keeping the flame of protest alive

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“To create it to resist, to resist is to create.” My Aeon piece on culture as the new frontline of the Tunisian revolution

Tunisia: after the revolution

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:34:38 +0000

The birthplace of the Arab revolutions, Tunisia is getting back into its stride as a tourism destination - my piece for the Observer Magazine

Koshari: Egyptian king of foods, or over-hyped and over-carbed?

admin — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:28:05 +0000

Egypt: I dissed your food…but you have other talents

How the Harlem Shake moves to a more radical beat in Tunisia

admin — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:26:36 +0000

The global dance craze is more than just a YouTube sensation for Tunisians using it as a form of anti-government protest

Galloway’s refusal to debate with an Israeli

admin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:21:59 +0000

George Galloway does the Palestinian cause a disservice when he refuses to talk with Israelis

Ten years on, legacy of the anti-war protests over Iraq

admin — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:51:59 +0000

The anti-war protests woke us up to western policy in the Middle East

Consequences of Israel’s attack on Syria will be lasting

admin — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:36:46 +0000

Just when it seemed as though Israel was judiciously keeping out of the Arab uprisings, the country
stepped in

Israel’s centre cannot hold

admin — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:40:22 +0000

My piece for the New Statesman, on Israel’s elections and the likely coalition , in which Yair Lapid could end up as camouflage for Netanyahu’s intransigence

Guardian: Tunisia is no longer the revolutionary ‘poster child’

admin — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:22:06 +0000

Tunisia’s revolution was held up as a model. But rising political violence is a real threat to progress