Libya’s national assembly elects Mohammed el-Megarif president
Examiner.com
Liberal and moderate candidates won many seats in the vote bucking the trend in the region following other Arab Spring revolutions. The national assembly’s largest party is the National Forces Alliance led by former Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril …
Eurasia Review
The Syrian Spring is an offspring of the Arab Spring, but under very different conditions. Egypt is far too different from Syria to allow a comparison. The unity of Egypt has been unquestionable for thousands of years. Egyptian national pride is almost …
Solidarity Center 2011: From Arab Spring to Domestic Workers’ Rights Worldwide
AFL-CIO (blog)
From the Arab uprisings to the international recognition of the rights of domestic workers, 2011 was a turning point for millions of workers …
Eurasia Review
By Sharique Naeem. As the Arab spring continues to unfold, each event, is being analyzed closely by Politicians, Journalists, and Intellectuals both in the west and the east. The developments which commenced with the events in Tunisia, and later …
Neocons vs. The ‘Arab Spring’: Back On The Warpath
Just International
The ‘Arab Spring’: Back On The Warpath. Latest: JUST 20 OPEN HOUSE · JUST Office Hours During Fasting Month · JUST CAMPAIGN · NO TO MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA; NO TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRAN · JUST JULY COMMENTARY …
Wider chaos and dread rise from Syrian ashes
Casey Weekly Berwick
Syria may well be the last major domino to fall in the Arab Spring. But the fog of war and a tangle of overarching power struggles make it difficult to discern at this stage how a functioning democracy can rise from the wreckage of the Assad regim
Arab/Muslim-Related Careers (airs on Work with Marty Nemko, 10/7/12)
KALW
The Economist called this “The Other Arab Spring:” the boom in marketing to the Arab world’s 350 million consumers, who collectively wield the world’s ninth largest economy. On the Oct 7, 2012 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, I’ll talk with Vijay …
Syria solution to create more questions
Devonport Times
SYRIA may be the last major domino to fall in the Arab Spring. But war and a tangled power struggle make it difficult to discern how a functioning democracy can rise out of the wreckage of the Assad regime – and if so, at what price to the neighbourhood
