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Monthly Archives: January 2011
al Jazeera’s Coverage of Egypt and Tunisia
Has been excellent, so much so, that the NY Times has offered these words: As street protests raged across Egypt on Friday, with the future of the Arab world seeming to hang in the balance, rapt viewers across the region … Continue reading
Bani Sadr: “What I Leared From Iran’s Failed Revolution”
NY Times: By removing a despot who was the main obstacle to democracy, the Tunisian revolt has immense importance for the Arab and Islamic world. Above all, it has opened up a future that, due to the iron grip of … Continue reading
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From Suicide to Liberation: Tunisia Yesterday, Egypt Tomorrow
It’s hard to blog about what’s happening in North Africa and the Middle East because it’s hard to write without offering predictions. I hate giving predictions. It’s amateur hour when people spew predictions about any part of the world, especially … Continue reading
Opposition in Egypt Gears Up for Major Friday Protest
The Guardian: Egypt’s president, Hosni Mubarak, will face escalating challenges on all fronts tomorrow, with Cairo expecting the biggest day yet of street protests and Mohamed ElBaradei, one of his fiercest critics, calling explicitly for a “new regime” on his … Continue reading
Protests Grow in Yemen
See the video from Thursday’s rallies in Sana’a.
Defiance in Egypt
This is what defiance looks like…
US State Department Spokesman Grilled
See the video here. The al-Jazeera correspondent ask very poignant questions. I just picture PJ Crowley swearing left and right as soon as the interview ends.
The Tunisian Effect: Cairo in ‘Day of Revolt’ and elsewhere
Cairo on January 25: See the video here. Jordan on January 24: See the video here. Yemen on January 23: Read about it here. Algiers on January 22: See the video here.
Mohamed Bouazizi’s suicide sparked the Tunisia Revolution
Remember his name. See the video (not of the suicide but of the story of his suicide).
The Tunisian Revolution: An Exemplar for Action
[Picture is from Tunisia, but you gotta love the Palestinian flag hanging from the balcony.] Algeria: A man has died after setting himself on fire at a government building in Algeria, state media has reported, echoing the self-immolation that triggered the … Continue reading
Tunisia’s Nervous Neighbours
The Tunisian Revolution is the spark that may change the political landscape of the region, but because of that very possibility, Arab regimes, fearing the domino effect that their citizens will follow the example of their Tunisian brethren and topple … Continue reading
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Ben Ali’s 1979 Playbook
ForeignPolicy.com: It’s hard to envy the position Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was in these last few weeks: There just aren’t many good answers available to despots who are faced with popular uprisings. Still, he should have known better than to … Continue reading
The New Dawn in Tunisia
Started with one man, Muhammad Bouazizi. See the video here. Let the remaining Arab dictators tremble in their palaces.