| Factbox: Arab Spring momentum in Middle East, North Africa
Reuters
SYRIA: Syria agreed on Monday to let Arab League observers into the country to monitor the implementation of a deal to pull troops from protest-hit towns, free political prisoners and start talking to dissidents. Nabil Elaraby, the Arab League … |
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| Analysis: Arab Spring stretches “Islamist” tag to its limits
Reuters
By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor CAIRO (Reuters) – The open politics spawned by the Arab Spring have stretched the term “Islamist” to its limits, covering everyone from hip moderate young Muslims to long-bearded hardliners bent on imposing a divine … |
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| Clashes in Kazakhstan: inspired by the Arab Spring?
RIA Novosti
This story by Alexander Shustov, political analyst and Central Asia expert, Strategic Culture Foundation expert, was published in International Affairs magazine. In the past few months Kazakhstan, once the quietest country in Central Asia, … |
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| From Czechoslovakia to the Arab Spring
National Review Online (blog)
By Jamie M. Fly Vaclav Havel’s death caps a year in which we’ve seen Tunisians, Egyptians, Bahrainis, Yemenis, Libyans, Syrians, and others in the Arab world take to the streets en masse to protest for their freedoms. What we see unfolding in the world… |
| The ‘Arab Spring‘ effect…
Gulf Daily News
Nine months into the ‘Arab Spring‘, we surveyed seven Arab countries and Iran, asking more than 6000 respondents about their concerns and satisfaction with the pace of change taking place in their countries. We found that an ‘Arab Spring‘ effect had …
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| Canada lingerie firm gets lift from Arab Spring
AFP
MONTREAL — Canadian retailer La Vie en Rose has discovered an unexpectedly strong demand for its frilly, sexy lingerie among Muslims and is planning a major expansion in Arab countries. Beneath their abayas and veils, women in Arab countries are … |
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