The Arab regimes, fearing the replication of the Tunisian intifada in their own countries, are either slowing down or putting on hold their neo-liberal reforms.
Tag: tunisia
Domino Effect: Egypt: ‘We all feel it in the air’
Interviewed:
Egyptian blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy told the BBC World Service he did not think the incident in Cairo would spark unrest, but he thinks the likelihood of protests is growing: “Over the past four years the number of strikes and social unrest has been escalating and everybody is expecting an uprising. What exactly will be the trigger nobody knows. But we all feel it in the air.”
BBC
Domino Effect: Omanis protest high cost of living, corruption
Tunisia’s revolution sparks questions in the Arab World on poverty and distribution of wealth.