What went wrong with Mubarak's regime? / Mustafa Kamel Al-Sayyid -- Egypt under Mubarak : a family affair / Walid Kazziha -- The political economy of Egypt's revolution / Nadia Ramsis Farah -- Youth power and the revolution / Earl (Tim) Sullivan -- Egyptian women in revolt : ordinary women,extraordinary roles / Manar Shorbagy -- Revolution without Islamists / Sherine ElGhatit -- The implosion of political patronage regimes in the Middle East / Ibrahim Elnur -- Egypt's social forces, the state, and the Middle East / Sean F. McMahon -- Egypt's uncertain transition / Ivan Ivecovic -- Comparing revolutions : Egypt and East Germany / Nadine Sika -- Israel and the Tahrir revolution / Amr Yossef -- the United States and the Tahrir revolution / Dan Tschirgi -- Egypt in the balance / Dan Tschirgi, Walid Kazziha, and Sean F. McMahon.