Yasmine Berriane is tenured researcher at the French National Centre for Research in Paris, France. Her research focuses on social movements, gender and land rights politics in North Africa.Marie Duboc is postdoctoral researcher at Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Her research focuses on social movements and labour relations in the Middle East.

• Allying beyond social divides: An introduction to contentious politics and coalition in the Middle East and North Africa. 1. When unemployment meets environment. The case of the anti-fracking coalition in Ouargla2. Egypt is not for sale! Harnessing nationalism for alliance building in Egypt’s Tiran and Sanafir island protests3. Corporatist coalitions as agents of civil society: The politics of student and labour unions in Iran4. Coalitions for change in Egypt: Bridging ideological and generational divides in the revolution5. Bridging the gap: Social divides and coalition building in the phosphate-mining industry in Jordan 6. Opposition coalitions in the Middle East: Origins, demise, and afterlife?

Yasmine Berriane is tenured researcher at the French National Centre for Research in Paris, France. Her research focuses on social movements, gender and land rights politics in North Africa.Marie Duboc is postdoctoral researcher at Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Her research focuses on social movements and labour relations in the Middle East.

• Allying beyond social divides: An introduction to contentious politics and coalition in the Middle East and North Africa. 1. When unemployment meets environment. The case of the anti-fracking coalition in Ouargla2. Egypt is not for sale! Harnessing nationalism for alliance building in Egypt’s Tiran and Sanafir island protests3. Corporatist coalitions as agents of civil society: The politics of student and labour unions in Iran4. Coalitions for change in Egypt: Bridging ideological and generational divides in the revolution5. Bridging the gap: Social divides and coalition building in the phosphate-mining industry in Jordan 6. Opposition coalitions in the Middle East: Origins, demise, and afterlife?

Yasmine Berriane is tenured researcher at the French National Centre for Research in Paris, France. Her research focuses on social movements, gender and land rights politics in North Africa.Marie Duboc is postdoctoral researcher at Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Her research focuses on social movements and labour relations in the Middle East.

• Allying beyond social divides: An introduction to contentious politics and coalition in the Middle East and North Africa. 1. When unemployment meets environment. The case of the anti-fracking coalition in Ouargla2. Egypt is not for sale! Harnessing nationalism for alliance building in Egypt’s Tiran and Sanafir island protests3. Corporatist coalitions as agents of civil society: The politics of student and labour unions in Iran4. Coalitions for change in Egypt: Bridging ideological and generational divides in the revolution5. Bridging the gap: Social divides and coalition building in the phosphate-mining industry in Jordan 6. Opposition coalitions in the Middle East: Origins, demise, and afterlife?