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Overview and Objectives This four-part workshop series explores feminism as a living experience not just abstract theory. It aims to present a creative outlet for feminist thought through four key perspectives: motherhood, kinship, justice, and sexuality. Each session will: Explore..

In the second week of September, a two-day strike and plant-gate sit-in at The Nile Linen Group in Alexandria forced management and officials from the Labor Ministry to concede to a package of demands after an infant died in her..

After the success of our Summer Edition of Rosa Book Club, dedicated to feminist readings, we are delighted to continue on the same path this Fall. Together, we will explore a new selection of books, writers, and figures who shed..

Moroccan theorist and authoBensalem Himmich opened his best-known intellectual treatise, A Critique of the Need for Marx, by quoting a form Marx himself filled out in the 1860s, thus conveying to us an image of Marx, “Ecce Homo.” In it,..

Over the past weeks, Egyptian authorities renewed their crackdown on TikTok content creators and social media influencers. The police have already carried out dozens of arrests, including that of a student in Sharqiyya accused of making ‘offensive’ comments online, and..

Sonallah Ibrahim, the Egyptian leftist novelist whose documentary style and steadfast independence helped remake the modern Arabic novel, died in Cairo on August 13, 2025. He was 88. Egyptian and international outlets reported his passing after an illness; local reports..

On her 248th day without food, Dr. Laila Soueif lies gaunt yet unyielding in a London hospital bed. The 69-year-old mathematics professor, and mother of imprisoned Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, has lost 42% of her body weight and faces..

  Discover the complexities of Algerian politics in our latest episode with Professor Michael J. Willis. We explore the Hirak movement and its implications for the future of Algeria. Don’t miss this insightful discussion!

The 2025 German federal election, held some eight months ahead of schedule following the collapse of the governing coalition late last year, largely proceeded as expected, with losses for the coalition partners, gains for the centre-right, and big gains for..

Co-chairs Ines Schwerdtner and Jan van Aken on the party’s remarkable comeback   When we announced our candidacy for the chair of Die Linke last summer, the situation seemed hopeless: the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) had split from the party..

On the occasion of the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth, the Border Studies Research Group, with the support of the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung North Africa Bureau, is organizing an international colloquium at the Faculty of Medicine in Sousse on February..

Rosa Luxemburg Foundation – North Africa is pleased to invite you to discover the short films of its project “10 views on Migration”. Directed by young African filmmakers, these documentaries offer different perspectives on migration in the continent. The films..