Beyond the ‘Arab Spring'

The ‘Arab Spring' is a misnomer. The media use it to describe the uprising that the self-immolation of Mohammad Bouazizi unleashed in Tunisia on December 18, 2010, against police corruption and ill-treatment. That spark ignited and spread to Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, Yemen and to other countries. In January, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia, the fountainhead of Islamic fundamentalism.

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