Torie Rose DeGhett is a staff editor for Current Intelligence, where she runs their morning round-up blog called the Readbook. Her recent and ongoing research focus is the active political role of revolutionary protest music and performers in the Middle East and North Africa and the dynamic connection between this music and political culture. Work of hers on this subject has been published in Guernica, with other outlets forthcoming. Other freelance work of hers has appeared in venues like Small Wars Journal, Alternet, and The Risky Shift. She currently blogs at The Political Notebook.