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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

INTRODUCTION: AGAINST ALL ODDS - LABOUR ACTIVISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (PEYMAN JAFARI)

NO ORDINARY UNION: UGTT AND THE TUNISIAN PATH TO REVOLUTION AND TRANSITION (MOHAMED-SALAH OMRI)

FROM THE EVERYDAY TO CONTENTIOUS COLLECTIVE ACTIONS: THE PROTESTS OF JORDAN PHOSPHATE MINES COMPANY EMPLOYEES BETWEEN 2011 AND 2014 (CLAUDIE FIORONI)

FROM KAFR AL-DAWWAR TO KHARGA’S ‘DESERT HELL CAMP’: THE REPRESSION OF COMMUNIST WORKERS IN EGYPT, 1952–1965 (DEREK ALAN IDE)

DREAMING ABOUT THE LESSER EVIL: REVOLUTIONARY DESIRE AND THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN EGYPT (REVIEW ARTICLE / BRECHT DE SMET)

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