For weeks, Bahrain’s Shi’ite-dominated opposition movement felt it had been suffering in a bubble.
Can Obama’s Middle East Speech Aid Reform in Bahrain?
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Libyan demonstrators say they’ll soldier on despite violent crackdown
Libyans opposed to longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi vowed to hit the streets again Sunday, declaring a violent crackdown by protection forces because demonstrations began last week has energized their ranks. Benghazi, the North African nation’s second-largest city and hub of its eastern province, was home to a number of the bloodiest clashes Saturday. Still, an […]
Reza Aslan: The Spirit of ’79 in Iran
For those of us who lived through the Iranian revolution, which toppled the government of the Shah and paved the way for the creation of the Islamic republic in 1979, there is a dreamlike familiarity to the massive riots roiling the streets of Tehran. I remember the seemingly spontaneous rallies that brought the country to a screeching halt. The young, fearless protesters daring the security forces to make them martyrs in the cause of freedom