List of Arab Spring articles
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dear Egyptians: Happy January 25th. For What It’s Worth.
Today Egyptians mark the fourth anniversary of the Tahrir Square Revolution. So why does no one seem especially happy?
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Egypt Cancels Arab Spring Tribute to Mourn Saudi King Abdullah
King Abdullah vociferously opposed the Arab Spring and propped up Egypt's military-backed government.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Final Betrayal of Egypt’s Revolution
The democratic revolution in Tahrir Square awakened high hopes in Egyptians. Two years later, it ended in blood and tears.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How the Houthis Did It
Regional rivalries and a botched post-Arab Spring political transition paved the way from the Houthis' north Yemen base to the doors of the presidential palace.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Egypt’s Generation Lost
Why fixing a broken education system is one of the biggest challenges facing President Sisi.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 I Went Home to See My Dad — and Ended Up in Jail Myself
Bahrain is a close friend and ally of the United States. It's also a brutal jailer of its activists.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Could Egypt’s Opposition Learn to Get Along?
The Mubarak verdict and Sisi's crackdown have put the Muslim Brotherhood and the revolutionaries back on the same side. But that won't be enough to heal old wounds.
-
crop-AV5A8105 The Lighthouse Dims
Alexandria, once the pulsing cosmopolitan heart of the Arab World, is now the base for Egypt’s Salafists, a hardline Islamist movement that has tied its fortunes to the country’s autocratic new president.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ISIS Is Sisi Spelled Backwards
It’s time to resist the tyranny of false dichotomies in the Middle East.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Shadows in a Silver Cloud
Everyone’s congratulating Tunisia’s new democracy. So why are young people tuning out?
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In Libya, They Come After You on Facebook
How the yearning for security is trumping the dream of democracy.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Tunisia Still Deliver Justice to Victims of the Old Regime?
Tunisia appears to be far ahead of Egypt in dealing with the legacy of dictatorship. But the acquittal of Hosni Mubarak sends an ominous signal.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Does Listening to Angela Merkel’s Phone Calls Make America Safer?
Why mutually assured espionage doesn't work.
-
fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2
