Since April 2023, Sudan has been in a state of conflict driven by a power struggle between two rival military factions that has devastated the country. Over three million people were displaced just in the first 100 days, thousands killed, and many more wounded. But what do we actually know about the conflict in Sudan?

Join host Naghmeh Sohrabi as she speaks with Anna Simone Reumert, a postdoctoral fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at the New School, who has conducted extensive ethnographic work with Sudanese migrant workers in Lebanon and Sudan. In their conversation, they cover a wide variety of topics from a basic understanding of the various local and global actors to what we miss when we insist on calling the conflict a civil war; the ways in which comparisons to the Lebanese civil war sheds light on the conflict in Sudan; and an assessment of available diplomatic solutions.

Anna Simone Reumert, postdoctoral fellow at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at the New School in New York City.

Naghmeh Sohrabi, director for research at the Crown Center and the Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History.

Music Credit: Aslaf, “Asha Kalimina”

More Resources:

• https://africasacountry.com/2023/09/a-revolution-in-pain
• https://spectrejournal.com/the-future-of-the-resistance-committees-in-sudan/
• https://merip.org/2021/12/the-evolution-of-sudans-popular-political-forces/
• https://timep.org/2021/11/26/resistance-committees-the-specters-organizing-sudans-protests/
• https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/sudans-unfinished-democracy/

Editorial team: Naghmeh Sohrabi, Karen Spira, Ramyar D. Rossoukh
Producer: Karen Spira
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In the United States, Salafism has become synonymous with Islamic fundamentalism or Jihadism. But what do we really know about Salafism? Join host Naghmeh Sohrabi as she speaks with Raihan Ismail, author of Rethinking Salafism: The Transnational Networks of Salafi ‘Ulama in Egypt, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, about misconceptions surrounding Salafi thought, the surprising diversity in Salafi traditions, and the significance of local contexts in shaping their positions on issues such as Shi’ism, women, and allegiance to rulers.

Raihan Ismail, senior lecturer at the Australian National University and the Goldman Faculty Leave Fellow at the Crown Center.

Naghmeh Sohrabi, director for research at the Crown Center and the Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History.

More Resources

• Raihan Ismail, “Al-Azhar and the Salafis in Egypt: Contestation of two traditions,” The Muslim World, March 13, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1111/muwo.12455 
• Joas Wagemakers, “Salafism,” Oxford English Dictionary
  https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.255

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Almost as soon as there was an Arab Spring, there was talk of an Arab winter. In Egypt, mass demonstrations in January 2011 led to the end of Hosni Mobarak’s 30-year presidency. But only two years later, the military removed the elected president, Mohammad Morsi, and arrested him and other members of the Muslim Brotherhood. By 2014, General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who had led the coup, was elected president and remains so until today. The revolution, by most accounts, had failed. In this episode of Counter/Argument, Youssef El Chazli argues otherwise. Join host Naghmeh Sohrabi as she and El Chazli discuss misconceptions surrounding the success of the Egyptian revolution and the enduring role the revolution plays in shaping Egyptian society, as well as the Egyptian state today.

Youssef El Chazli, associate professor/Maitre de conférences of Sociology at the University of Paris 8 Vincennes - Saint-Denis. He was previously a junior research fellow at the Crown Center.

Naghmeh Sohrabi, director for research at the Crown Center and the Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History.

More Resources

• Youssef El Chazli, "Revolution as a Life-Altering Experience: The Case of Egypt," Middle East Brief 136, July 2020, https://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/middle-east-briefs/pdfs/101-200/meb136.pdf
• Youssef El Chazli, Hannah Elsisi, and Neil Ketchley, "The Egyptian Revolution, 10 Years On," Crown Conversations 5, January 28, 2021, https://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/crown-conversations/cc-5.html
• Hayal Akarsu, Yazan Doughan, and Youssef El Chazli, "Policing and Protests: Insights from the Middle East," Crown Conversations 3, July 2, 2020, https://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/crown-conversations/cc-3.html

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