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Arab spring News : Jan 7, 2012

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Reason for hope on the Arab Spring
New York Post
Many in the West wonder whether the “Arab Spring” is heading for an “Islamist winter.” In Arab countries, too, pessimism is on the rise with some early leaders of the revolt regretting the regime changes they helped bring about.
Hamas: Palestinian cause is winning
Ynetnews
The Palestinian cause is triumphing, as Israel faces the worst security situation in its history in the wake of the so-called “Arab Spring“, Hamas’ leader in Gaza told Britain’s The Independent Saturday. “The Palestinian cause is winning,” Ismail
Tunisia one year on: Simon Calder explores the source of the Arab Spring
The Independent
The Arab Spring dawned in Tunisia a year ago, yet tourists have been slow to return to this multi-faceted North African country. Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well
Does Israel Face a New Middle East?
The Mark
While the Arab Spring is a significant development, for Israel, the season doesn’t matter. At first glance, it appears that the Arab Spring has had an isolating effect on Israel, and damaged its regional position and strategic calculus.
Bahrain emerging from 2011 with ‘cautious optimism’
Arab News
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: As a troubled 2011 ended, the outlook for Bahrain appears to be one of cautious optimism. The unresolved protest movement in Syria continues to unsettle Bahrain as the “Arab Spring” maintains the remnants of momentum,
Thousands gather in Damascus for funerals of Syria bombing victims
Haaretz
By DPA Tags: Syria Bashar Assad Arab Spring UN Thousands of Syrian mourners on Saturday attended the funerals of the 26 people who were killed in a suicide bombing the day before in the capital Damascus. “May God protect Syria and its sovereignty,”

Haaretz
We May Face Arab Spring If FG Fails To Reverse Subsidy Policy — Pastor Bakare
Nigerian Tribune
the foundation of his administration was built on fraud and it has remained fraudulent, because there is no reason why his finance minister will say subsidy has not been removed; that it is still on till April, only for them to spring a surprise on

Nigerian Tribune
Qatar, Unveiling Tensions, Suspends Sale of Alcohol
Wall Street Journal
By ALEX DELMAR-MORGAN DOHA, Qatar—Qatar, the wealthy Persian Gulf state that will host the 2022 World Cup and shot to prominence last year as a bankroller of the Arab Spring, is experiencing a small counterrevolution at home.

Wall Street Journal
Palm Springs film fest kicks off
OCRegister
Each culture has its own form of storytelling, and in the Arab world, they have their own way.” Macdonald commented that there’s unquestionably a connection between the so-called Arab Spring and the flowering of Middle Eastern cinema.

 

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