James Zogby* When Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed the country’s prime minister and closed the Parliament, he said he was doing so to “restore social peace…and save the state.” Saied was addressing a series of crises that had been plaguing what many viewed as the one “Arab Spring” success story. …
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Attempts at forcible regime change in Syria should never have happened. It is time to reintegrate Damascus into the Arab fold. Hussein Haridy A decade ago, in the midst of unprecedented tumultuous uprisings across the Arab world, some Syrian political forces, mainly the Islamists and the Muslim Brotherhood of Syria, rose …
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The Arab Spring took a dark turn in Libya, and nine years later not much has changed. Ziad Akl Last Monday, 17 February, marked the ninth anniversary of the Libyan Revolution. Back in 2011, the Libyan Revolution was part of a snowballing process that began in Tunisia, spread …
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Cairo – Times of Egypt Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has died on Tuesday in a Cairo military hospital, at the age of 91. He had undergone a surgery last month, where he experienced some post-surgical medical complications and was admitted into intensive care unit (ICU). Mubarak, a former …
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Roadmaps developed by the Algerian military and opposition have not been able to gain a consensus, opening up the possibility of foreign intervention to find a settlement to the crisis in the country. Ziad Akl* The situation in Algeria is presenting a new model for the Arab Spring uprisings in …
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Iman Abbaro Originally published on SISIMAG.COM The image of a 22-year-old university student Aalaa Salah dripped in a white traditional Sudanese garment known as the “toub”, standing on top of a car amongst a sea of protesters in Khartoum, is what finally turned the heads of global news outlets and …
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Could Algeria and Sudan be ahead of the Arab Spring countries on their paths towards political reform? Dina Shehahta The ouster of former presidents Omar Al-Bashir in Sudan and Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika in Algeria after a wave of popular protests in both countries has given rise to speculation about the future …
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Slogans about democracy are not enough in themselves. What Arab republics need are courageous modernisers, able to lead the people towards good governance. Hussein Haridy It has been customary and fashionable in the West to speak about the “Arab Spring” in describing popular uprisings that erupted eight years ago in …
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