The Arab Spring in the Weeds
TIME
07, 2011 In Tunisia and Egypt, the popular protests of the Arab Spring sent long-ruling dictators tumbling. But similar uprisings in Syria and Yemen haven’t played out that way. Both Syrian President Bashar Assad and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh …
The Arab Spring Blooms in Tunisia and Egypt
TIME
Nowhere were its effects more dramatic than in Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world and its cultural epicenter. The regime of President Hosni Mubarak, backed by considerable aid from the US, had held sway for three decades and …
Arab Spring, Africa provide backdrop to Nobel Peace Prize
CNN
(CNN) — The struggle for women’s rights against the backdrops of the Arab Springand democratic progress in Africa will be recognized by this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, at a ceremony unlikely to repeat controversy seen last year. …
IMF head says Arab Spring at critical point, needs ‘inclusive’ growth
Ahram Online
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has said the Arab Spring is at a critical juncture and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa needs to be managed in an orderly way to bring benefits to all. “While each country in the region must find its own …
Arab Spring ushers in bright future despite concerns
Al-Arabiya
In 12 months, the Arab world has gone through more changes than it saw in decades, with Tunisia and Egypt staging historic elections. (File photo) By AFP The euphoria sparked by the Arab Spring is giving way to disquiet over political instability and …
After Arab Spring, danger arises for Christians
The Boston Globe
Sad to say, these are the fundamentalist blooms of the Arab Spring. The Islamist ascendancy — in Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt this year, as in Gaza and (non-Arab) Turkey previously — bodes ill for the region’s moderate and tolerant Muslims. …
Big protests, yes, but Russians lack Arab Spring in their step
Sydney Morning Herald
Seeing red …demonstrators shout anti-government slogans during protests against alleged vote-rigging in Russia’s parliamentary elections. Photo: AP MOSCOW: On Monday thousands of people vented their anger on a Moscow boulevard, chanting ”Russia …
Property Rights and the Arab Spring
The Atlantic
But it seems to me that many in Washington who talk about aid and development towards newly liberated Arab Spring countries and other nations low on the development track tend to organize around what the West can do in terms of deployed dollars to …
The Saudi Arab Spring Nobody Noticed
Business Insider
December brought a report from the human rights group Amnesty International, covered as follows by BBC: Amnesty International has accused Saudi Arabia of reacting to the Arab Spring by launching a wave of repression. In a report, the human rights group …
The future of the Arab Spring
News24
Faced with repressive rule by autocrats backed by the armed forces it is understandable when ordinary Tunisians, Egyptians or Libyans rise up against such a regime. It is also understandable when these citizens, given the right to exercise their vote …
