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This is officially the greatest infographic in the history of mankind.
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Arab spring: an interactive timeline of Middle East protests | World news | guardian.co.uk
Protesters take to the streets of 100 European cities | Reflections on a Revolution ROAR
This is what happens when people refuse to become complacent to the fundamental problems that plague their society and the corruption that plagues their governments. It’s nice to see the people rise up and take to the streets.
It gives me hope in a world drowning in Biebers and Gagas and Jersey Shores and Donald Trumps and Scott Walkers.
If Colbert was giving voice to a September 11 mind-set that still secretly plagued the network’s image—Al Jazeera as a Trojan horse for extremism—Mohyeldin seemed to anticipate the question, assuming the measured voice of reason to Colbert’s contretemps. ‘Unfortunately Americans are being deprived of the choice of watching Al Jazeera,’ he said, ‘and people say that Americans aren’t interested in international news. I think that’s false […] The reality of it is these cable companies which are not carrying Al Jazeera are sadly helping to contribute to the misinformation…’
Michael Paterniti Goes Behind the Scenes at Al Jazeera English: Newsmakers: GQ
It was painful, another woman told me, to think that Egyptians had let their country devolve into the kind of place where this [brutal police beating of Khalid Mohamed Said] could happen.
How the January 25 Egyptian Revolution Was Organized - David Wolman - Technology - The Atlantic
The face of the Arab world in America’s eyes for too long has been bin Laden and now it is not. Now the face is only the young people in Egypt and Tunisia and all the Middle Eastern countries around the world where freedom rises up. Al Qaeda’s opportunity is gone.
Jon Stewart
