{"id":3361,"date":"2020-06-30T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2020-06-30T14:15:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:15:21","slug":"the-arabist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/the-arabist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arabist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launched in Cairo (Egypt) in 2003 by Issandr El Amrani<\/a>, a Moroccan-American writer and analyst, The Arabist<\/a> is an independent blog covering “the domestic politics of Arab countries”. If the primary focus lies on Egypt, the blog also aims at exploring “broader issues in the Arab world, US policy in the Middle East, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and cultural developments throughout the region”. The blog is maintained in collaboration with Ursula Lindsey<\/a>, a journalist interested in “culture, education and politics in the Arab world”, and welcomes contributions from multiple contributors, journalists and\/or academics specializing in the region. After a very prolific decade, The Arabist is now less frequently updated, but remains nevertheless a valuable and reliable source of information for scholars interested in contemporary Arab politics.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Screenshot of ‘The Arabist’ main page, June 30, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The main page is used for posting links relevant to the themes of the blog, and is updated every couple of months. The Podcast & Projects <\/em>tab in the top-left menu leads to additional resources: podcasts, press articles in translation, a guide to Egyptian political, economic and social issues, and an Egyptian magazine’s archive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n