Arab Spring, American Fall
Huffington Post (blog)
This is the mentality dealing with Occupy, and unlike the Arab Spring, there is nothing that Occupy has done to date that has shaken this prevailing mentality. While Occupy has certainly challenged the prevailing elites, it has also given them …
Many countries in need of Arab Spring‘
RT
(AFP Photo/STR ) The Arab Spring ousted the leaders of Tunisia, Egypt, and finally Libya, while pushing Syria and Yemen to the brink of civil war. In Bahrain protesters were driven from the streets by a massive military force. …
Arab Spring, Eurozone crisis countries rank poorly in corruption index
TrustLaw
By Luke Balleny LONDON (TrustLaw) – Arab countries that have faced popular uprisings and countries afflicted by the Eurozone debt crisis have scored poorly in a ranking by anti-graft watchdog Transparency International (TI) that measures perceived …
The Hindu
Award-winning filmmaker Elyes Baccar’s Rouge Parole portrays the revolutionary movement in Tunisia which later developed into the famedArab Spring movement. Syrian director Muhammed Abdulaziz’s Damascus With Love, Lebanese film Here Comes the Rain by …
Global corruption index reflects Arab Spring unrest
Reuters
Tunisia became the birthplace of the “Arab Spring” uprisings in January when a wave of protests forced former President Zine al-Abidine to flee to Saudi Arabia. The revolution set the template for uprisings in Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen which have..
Arab Spring‘ discussed
Jackson Sun
Larry Cox, left, and his son Jeremy lead a discussion on the 2011 “Arab Spring” on Wednesday at Union University. / Photo by Morris Abernathy A father and son who have traveled widely in the Middle East on Wednesday urged an audience at Union …
Arab Spring Gently Reaches Kuwait
Lez Get Real
A month shy of the first anniversary of the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi which set off the Arab Spring demonstrations, the young people of Kuwait finally joined the movement. Abdulrahman al-Mutairi, a Kuwaiti law student, explained, “The Arab …
Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
Waxing nostalgic for simpler days, Cain comes out strongly against the so-called “Arab spring” pro-democracy uprisings that he says “shoved out” Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak. “Under President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt was a friend,” the Cain paper …
