Humania: Arab Spring

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Friday, March 15, 2013

Here is what I wrote about Syria last spring. "Let us pray for as many ceasefires as possible, because this is a long, drawn-out strug...

At last Egypt has a democratically elected president, Mohammad Morsi, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. This is not a surprise if you pa...

There's been a creative explosion of graffiti in Cairo post-January 25 "Given a choice between eating shit or eating shit, most Egy...

A member of the Free Syrian Army, an avatar of Pluto wearing his helmet of invisibility. This was written by the Irish poet William Butler Y...

Bosnia: concentration camps in the 1990s What's happening in Syria is very, very nasty. It's reminding me too much of Bosnia in the ...

Praying in Tahrir Square Back in February, I concluded my piece on Egypt with this remark: " Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if the ju...

Shopping for bread in the middle of a riot can be hectic. Tunisia. Have you looked closely at your grocery bill recently ? It's gone ...

On Sept 1, 1969, Muammar Gadaffi and the Free Officers took over the government of Libya in a swift and efficient coup that ousted the monar...

This morning tanks rolled into a small village in northern Syria and started shooting at villagers randomly. How can a government turn its g...