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Arab spring News : Jan 26, 2012

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Arab Spring Stumps Davos Investors Year After Egypt Revolt
BusinessWeek
A year ago, the Arab Spring burst onto the agenda of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting on Jan. 28 amid escalating protests. As the forum’s official schedule debated the outlook for the world economy, some delegates sat in their hotel rooms
Saudi milestone in Arab Spring
The Australian
Perhaps you thought the words “Saudi Arabian contemporary art scene” were a satirical joke at the expense of one of the world’s least open societies (there are only seven art galleries in the kingdom and no cinemas). But during the past few years a
Can Egypt reignite the Arab Spring?
Salon
By Erin Cunningham, GlobalPost Hundreds of thousands — some boasted a million — descended on Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak and to call for an end to military
Arab spring gives way to military chill in Egypt
Newstime Africa
CAIRO (IPS) – When Egypt’s dictator was ousted during a popular uprising last February, the military leaders who assumed control of the country pledged to “protect the revolution” and ensure a swift transition to civilian rule within six months.
Arab Spring at centre stage of Million’s Poet competition
Middle East Online
Poet Badr Saoud Al-Wasmi found inspiration in the story of Tunisia’s revolution hero, Mohammed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation has become a catalyst for the Tunisian popular revolt and the wider Arab Spring. Al Maghany, a new TV program that set to run

Middle East Online
Iran Might be The Biggest Loser in the Arab Spring
The Atlantic
Surveys conducted in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates by Zogby International show Iran’s reputation in free fall since the Arab Spring began. Just a few years ago, Iran enjoyed a strong majority of support
The Former USSR 20 Years On: Lessons for the Arab Spring?
Transitions Online
Watch’s new World Report 2012, Rachel Denber has an interesting essay that speaks to a salient question: How can what we’ve learned about democratic revolution in the 20 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union be applied to the Arab Spring?

Transitions Online
Hamas learns lessons from the Arab Spring
The National
The rising political power of Islamists in Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world is spurring Hamas to moderate its policies and embrace peaceful avenues for change, its deputy foreign minister says. The group is heeding the calls of these sibling
Press freedom under pressure in spite of Arab spring
Radio Netherlands
Tunisia, the country where the Arab spring began, is going in the right direction. Nevertheless, the new democracy cannot be said to have a free and independent press according to the RSF report. The report is also pessimistic about the situation in
Anti-Semitism Surges as Islamists Complete ‘Arab Spring‘ Conquest
theTrumpet.com
“Charges of an international Jewish conspiracy have been a central motif in the anti-Semitic propaganda that has accompanied the Arab Spring uprisings. This motif has been emphasized in each of the countries especially by way of pointing a blaming
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