Boxing: Arab Spring knocks out Tunisian’s hopes
Yahoo! Sports
LONDON (Reuters) – Tunisian fighter Rim Jouini fought through barriers and prejudice to get women’s boxing into the Olympics only for the Arab Spring uprising to derail her hopes of a gold medal. The 31-year-old lightweight fell to a 15-10 defeat by …
Optimism of Arab Spring fades for workers in Egypt
The National
SUEZ // Out in Egypt’s desert, the end of a long shift at the stiflingly hot Cleopatra Ceramics factory comes as a welcome relief for the labourers fasting for …
Tunisia blogger detained for drinking alcohol during Ramadan
Reuters
Soufiene Chourabi made a name for himself criticising former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali’s policies before the start of a revolt that later toppled the autocrat and sparked a wave of popular protests that came to be known as the “Arab Spring …
WatertownDailyTimes.com
There was great hope for Egypt’s democracy after the Arab Spring toppled longtime President Hosni Mubarak from power. The jury is still out on the nature of the new government. Last Thursday, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi swore in his new Cabinet, .
Khaleej Times
Should the rebels fall, it will also mark the first failure of a country spurred by events in the Middle East, the recent Arab Spring, that has seen Egypt, Tunisia and Libya usher in new regimes. Syria, with tacit support from Russia and Iran, i
Printed letters, August 5, 2012
Grand Junction Sentinel
Last year we witnessed how the Arab Spring was given birth by a lone fruit merchant in Tunisia who set himself on fire in the town square. Mohamed Bouazizi took such action in outrage over confiscation of his wares by a municipal official and her aides.
Kuwaiti lawyers form group to defend Egypt’s Mubarak
Kuwait Times
KUWAIT: After the Arab Spring revolutions in Egypt, which resulted in the resignation of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a defense committee was formed. Some Kuwaiti lawyers have since volunteered to defend the former president as they
