Oussama Mellouli becomes first Olympic gold winner from an Arab … www.theglobeandmail.com LONDON — The Globe and Mail … He held back to conserve energy before his late attack – his trademark swimming move – and he became the first Olympic gold…
The Other Arab Spring – NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com Environmental pressures, not just political and economic ones, stirred change in the Mide ‘Arab Spring’ Update: Muslim Brotherhood Accused of…
Arab Spring in their step, Saudi, Palestinian runners modestly take to the Olympic track New York Daily News Sarah Attar became the first woman to compete…
Inside Syria: Arab Spring no more GlobalPost Born of an Arab Spring-inspired desire for greater democracy, experts say that powerful geopolitical forces are now driving the war, with implications…
UAE authorities say those detained in crackdown threatened security, have … Washington Post … detained in an ongoing crackdown on political dissent have confessed to plans to jeopardize…
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…
Assessing the mood on the Arab street gulfnews.com Unrestricted polls in the Arab world were uncommon prior to the Arab Spring. Because of their own restrictive policies, the former…
Arab Spring awakens Kurdish dreams of autonomy Vancouver Sun An unintended though predictable consequence of the Arab Spring is what can be called the Kurdish Awakening. … The 25 million Kurds, who live mostly in the mountainous terrain where Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran meet and who have been persecuted by…