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| Startup firms bloom in wake of Arab Spring Taipei Times Jordanian entrepreneur Majied Qasem waited three years before arranging outside funding for his startup company, d1g.com, an Arabic social media and content-sharing platform. He finally succeeded in September last year, eight months after Arab Spring… |
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| Drought, falling tourism threaten Morocco economy Fox News Morocco escaped much of the unrest linked to the Arab Spring elsewhere in North Africa, where the governments of Libya, Tunisia and Egypt all fell, but it could face new troubles this year. The Islamist government elected in November has to pay off a … |
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| Was the Arab Spring really a Facebook revolution? SBS A year since the Arab Spring erupted, researchers are examining evidence to determine whether social media was a vital component in the Arab Spring, the New Scientist reports. WHEN emotive pictures of violence in Tunisia and its neighbouring countries … |
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| Ex-UN chief Annan back on front line in Syria The Seattle Times Five years after handing over the reins of the United Nations, Kofi Annan is back on the front line trying to end the Arab Spring’s longest conflict and one of its bloodiest with diplomatic skills honed over half a century. |
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