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Kawaakibi-Foundation

Announcing the #ArabTyrantManual Podcast

We’ve had a chronic capacity problem at the Kawaakibi Foundation (and the writing team that preceded the foundation). Since late 2013…

2 min readNov 14, 2017

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Iyad El-Baghdadi
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Islam & Liberty

Conclusion: The Trump Effect

It is no wonder that the authoritarians are winning — they are riding not just one wave, but several. Rapid global change that seems beyond…

4 min readJul 1, 2017

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Conclusion: The Trump Effect

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Iyad El-Baghdadi
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Islam & Liberty

The Unravelling of the Middle-East

With so many powerful trends tugging at it, the world order was bound to rip. And it ripped first, fastest, and deepest in the Middle East.

2 min readJul 1, 2017

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The Unravelling of the Middle-East

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Iyad El-Baghdadi
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Islam & Liberty

Social Media Broke our Public Sphere

It is difficult to envision what globalization would be without the internet. It erased borders, democratized access to information, and…

3 min readJul 1, 2017

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Social Media Broke our Public Sphere

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Iyad El-Baghdadi
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Islam & Liberty

Political Failure

The trends we’re describing have converged at a time of notable failure across an entire political spectrum. While this played out very…

3 min readJul 1, 2017

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Political Failure

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Iyad El-Baghdadi
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Islam & Liberty

Obsolete Nationalism

Ethnic nationalism once energized and ordered the world. It championed a state model that emphasized the sovereignty of the pure “nation”…

2 min readJul 1, 2017

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Obsolete Nationalism

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Iyad El-Baghdadi
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Islam & Liberty

Economic Transformation

A single graph can be worth a thousand words.

3 min readJul 1, 2017

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Economic Transformation

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Iyad El-Baghdadi
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Islam & Liberty

The Loss of Anchors

“In a liquid modern life there are no permanent bonds, and any that we take up for a time must be tied loosely so that they can be untied…

3 min readJul 1, 2017

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The Loss of Anchors

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Iyad El-Baghdadi
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Islam & Liberty

The Triumph of Globalization

The world has changed fast. Very fast.

2 min readJul 1, 2017

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The Triumph of Globalization

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Iyad El-Baghdadi
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Islam & Liberty

The Seven Trends behind the Global Rise of Populism

You can listen to a read out of this article on SoundCloud

18 min readJul 1, 2017

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The Seven Trends behind the Global Rise of Populism

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Iyad El-Baghdadi

Iyad El-Baghdadi

Startup consultant, Arab Spring activist, author. Islamic libertarian. Made in the UAE, expelled from the UAE. #ArabTyrantManual #ArabSpringManifesto

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