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Vicente L. Rafael (1956–2026) in memoriam

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By John Sidel, Rayhan Prabu Kusumo, Zali Fung
| New Mandala
Recent years have seen the sad passing of leading lights in the study of Southeast Asia: James C. Scott in 2024, Anthony Reid in 2025, and now, most recently, Vicente—or Vince—Rafael in February 2026. Born in 1956 in the Philippines, Vince Rafael exemplified the onset of a long overdue shift in the intellectual centre of gravity in Southeast Asian Studies to new generations of scholars hailing from the region.
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The role of religion in the Egyptian revolution

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By John Sidel
| LSE Connect Verified
The role of religion in the Egyptian revolution
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Dangers and Demon(izer)s of Democratization in Egypt: Through an Indonesian Glass, Darkly

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By John Sidel
| LSE Connect Verified
Wednesday 25 January 2012 | 1 hour 24 minutes 40 seconds Over the past several months, an alarmist picture of developments in Egypt has emerged in the media, raising the spectre of Islamization, inter-religious violence, and generalized criminality and disorder. Yet these early signs of trouble are amply familiar to observers of transitions from authoritarian rule to democracy elsewhere in the developing world.
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