| Algeria elections look good abroad, bad at home The Seattle Times Algeria overturned the Arab Spring’s revolutionary narrative with elections that bolstered the longtime ruling party and dashed Islamists’ hopes of gaining power. The vote did something else, too: It burnished Algeria’s democratic image with Western … |
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| Analysis: Saudi Gulf union plan stumbles as wary leaders seek detail Reuters By Andrew Hammond | DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s thrust for a Gulf Union, driven by fear of Arab Spring contagion and spreading Iranian influence, has stumbled on misgivings among smaller neighbors about a loss of sovereignty and increasing … |
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| Libya Before the Arab Spring: See Human Rights Watch’s Photos From Gaddafi’s … ARTINFO “The Gaddafi Archives — Libya Before the Arab Spring,” Slade Research Centre, The Warburg Institute, June 21-29, 2012, part of the London Festival of Photography. A version of this article appeared on ARTINFO UK. Sign up for our DAILY NEWSLETTER and … |
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| Egypt: Arab Spring could be wasted in youthful nations New Scientist Was the Arab Spring all for naught? The recent turn of events does not surprise demographer Richard Cincotta of the Stimson Center in Washington DC. The fact that the populations of these countries are all very young, he argues, predicted not only that… |
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| Spring-Loaded Algeria Project Syndicate ALGIERS – More than a year has passed since the Arab Spring dawned in the Maghreb, yet the promised political renaissance in the region has not materialized. Although Tunisia, the movement’s birthplace, held multi-party elections in November 2011, … |
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| Arab Spring tied to ‘joblessness’ Arab Times Kuwait English Daily Having been remained unresolved for a long time, joblessness in the Arab world has caused many social problems, primarily protests and violence, Kuwaiti members of parliament said. They regarded the revolution of the so-called “Arab Spring” as a … |
Arab spring News : May 17, 2012
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