Francis Ghilès joins Arab Digest editor William Law in this week's podcast. Francis is a visiting fellow at King's College London and an expert on North Africa politics, energy and security. He argues that what has been called Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution has failed  despite the overthrow of Ben Ali in 2011 because the structure of dictatorship has remained essentially unchanged thus enabling a new dictator, in the shape of Kais Saied, to emerge.

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Tunisia: the revolution that wasn't a revolution

An Emirati businessman who holds Turkish citizenship has disappeared from the Amman prison where he was being held by Jordanian authorities at the behest of the UAE. Arab Digest editor William Law is joined by Dania Akkad, a senior investigative editor with Middle East Eye to discuss how a warrant issued by the so-called Arab Interpol has trapped Khalaf al-Romaithi.

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Where is Khalaf al-Romaithi?

In this episode, Anne Kirstine talks to Lucia Ardovini about her research on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Lucia talks about how she developed relationships with Brotherhood members in exile and shares her thoughts on how to address ethical issues, biases and colonial heritage in knowledge production.

Lucia is a Lecturer in International Relations at Lancaster University and the Director of the Richardson Institute. Her research focuses on social movements, transnational activism and ideology. She is the author of the book 'Surviving Repression: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood after the 2013 Coup'.

Episode 5: Lucia Ardovini on Gender, Emotions and Interviewing People in Exile

This event was the launch of 'Broken Bonds: The Existential Crisis of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, 2013–22' by Abdelrahman Ayyash, Amr ElAfifi, and Noha Ezzat published by Century International.

In this original Century International book, the authors argue that the Brotherhood is experiencing multiple crises—of identity, legitimacy, and membership—which accelerated after Egypt’s military coup in July 2013. Through myriad stories and voices from within a fragmenting movement, the authors present a nuanced portrait of a once-formidable grassroots organization.

Abdelrahman Ayyash is a fellow at Century International and director of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood working group. He holds an MA in global affairs from Bahcesehir University in Istanbul, Turkey. He translated three books on civil-military relations and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Amr ElAfifi is the Research Manager at the Freedom Initiative, a DC-based NGO focused on human rights in the Middle East. His current dissertation research at Syracuse University explores the political psychology of trauma amongst political prisoners.

Jeroen Gunning is Visiting Professor at the LSE Middle East Centre and Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and Conflict Studies at King's College London. His research focuses on political contestation in the Middle East, with a specific focus on the interplay between social movements, religion, electoral politics, repression, violence and structural change.

Broken Bonds: The Existential Crisis of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, 2013–22

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