Revolution in the Arab World
Economic stagnation, ancient autocrats, and stifling censorship — these are just a few of the grievances that are responsible for the upheaval currently threatening to sweep away the Arab world’s ruling regimes. Foreign Policy’s section on this revolutionary wave, which has irrevocably altered the governments in Tunis and Cairo and has other Arab leaders quaking ...
Economic stagnation, ancient autocrats, and stifling censorship -- these are just a few of the grievances that are responsible for the upheaval currently threatening to sweep away the Arab world’s ruling regimes. Foreign Policy’s section on this revolutionary wave, which has irrevocably altered the governments in Tunis and Cairo and has other Arab leaders quaking in their boots, provides on-the-ground reporting and cutting-edge analysis to help you understand this historic moment.
Economic stagnation, ancient autocrats, and stifling censorship — these are just a few of the grievances that are responsible for the upheaval currently threatening to sweep away the Arab world’s ruling regimes. Foreign Policy’s section on this revolutionary wave, which has irrevocably altered the governments in Tunis and Cairo and has other Arab leaders quaking in their boots, provides on-the-ground reporting and cutting-edge analysis to help you understand this historic moment.
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The Myth of the Useful Dictator
By James Traub -
Libya’s Sexual Revolution
By Ellen Knickmeyer -
The Cynical Dairy Farmer’s Guide to the New Middle East
By Karim Sadjadpour -
Why Does This Dictator’s Son Have a Million-Dollar Condo in D.C.?
By Ken Silverstein -
Global Thinkers: The Intellectuals Behind the Arab Spring
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The Qaddafi Files: Exclusive Images from the Dictator’s Private Photo Collection
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On the Front Lines with Syria’s Free Army
By Justin Vela -
Pool Party at Saleh’s: My Bizarre Encounter with Yemen’s Leader
By Lauren Goulding -
Once Upon a Time in Damascus
An FP Photo Essay -
How Qaddafi Taught a Generation of Bad Guys
By Douglas Farah -
Highway to Homs: My Wild Motorcycle Ride Through Syria
By John Pedro Schwartz -
Libya’s Michael Corleone
An FP Interview with the man who sold Saif Qaddafi to the West -
Lords of the Realm: Why the Arab Spring Won’t Stop at the Gulf
By Christopher Davidson -
Revolution in a Can: Grafitti and the Arab Uprisings By Blake Gopnik
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The World’s Worst Human Rights Observer
By David Kenner -
Benghazi Diary: Dispatches from the Libyan Revolution
By Ryan Calder -
The Baguettes of War: Inside the Middle East’s Defiant Kitchens
By Anna Badkhen -
5 Terrible Tyrants Who Should Go Next
An FP List -
Rap and the Revolution: How Hip-hop Fueled Tunisia’s Revolt
By Lauren Bohn -
The Art of Upheaval
An FP Photo Essay -
Don’t Blame Obama for Losing Egypt. It Wasn’t His to Win.
By Aaron David Miller -
The Muslim Brotherhood Isn’t As Scary As You Think
By James Traub -
Why the Egyptian Revolution Is Good for Israel
By Kai Bird -
A Day in the Life of the Republic of Tahrir
An FP Slide Show -
Do Egypt’s Liberals Stand a Chance?
By Evan C. Hill -
Just How Dangerous Is Al Jazeera?
By Hugh Miles -
Egypt’s Foreigner Blame Game
By Peter Bouckaert -
Signs of the Times: Protest Art
An FP Slide Show -
The Wages of Arab Decay
By Marc Lynch -
The Strange Rise and Fall of Ben Ali
By Christopher Alexander -
How I Got Detained in Cairo
By Blake Hounshell -
The Arab World’s Youth Army
By Ellen Knickmeyer -
Sarkozy’s Misguided Quest for Glory in Libya
By Arthur Goldhammer
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