It's now five years spice the fall of Mubarak, and the start of the 'Arab Spring'.
Today, the region is dominated by the events in Syria, and it's hard to look on the end result as anything other than a disaster. I've also been working with some Libyans recently, and from what they say, it seems like the situation there is terrible too.
I wrote three pieces in English, which are connected to the issue. I've just read back over them. I found it quite interesting. I thought others might too.
https://libcom.org/library/understanding-period-class-analysis-events-arab-world
https://libcom.org/library/street-protests-class-power
https://libcom.org/blog/bloodbath-syria-class-war-or-ethnic-war-03112014
Devrim
Do you think it's a disaster
Do you think it's a disaster with not yet apparent positive long-term effects? As for Egypt I don't know the history well, but if the military found it necessary to so openly reinstitute the regime then that says a lot about the threat of popular disturbance
Egypt: Nothing has changed,
Egypt: Nothing has changed, but everything begins…
https://libcom.org/news/egypt-nothing-has-changed-everything-begins%E2%80%A6-30032013
A story about a
A story about a 'mini-revolution' at a Cairo school in the context of what has happened:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/16/future-egypt-revolution-tahrir-square-jack-shenker