Wednesday 30 March 2011

Reality check for Middle East as the euphoria dies down - The National

The unprecedented wave of protest, demonstration and, in some cases, open revolt that has spread across the Mena region in just a matter of weeks has been a cause for celebration in most parts of the world.

International opinion agreed it was a good thing to sweep away aged, stagnant regimes that had become distant from their increasingly young populations, and which were failing to meet their aspirations.

The consensus was that only good could come from the transformations taking place in the Arab world, and that their liberated economies would fly high.

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