Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- : `Arab spring'. 25 November 2011

A glove puppet that represents 'The deposed elite' on the hand of someone representing 'Foreign interests' is attempting to cut down a single flower that represents the 'Arab Spring'. Context: The revolutions of the Arab Spring, which began in Libya at the beginning of 2011, still fill the streets from northern Africa across the Middle East. Important votes, massive rallies and outbursts of indefensible government brutality continue to command headlines in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, and Yemen. Bahrain reels from confirmation of its government's abuses during protests earlier in the year. Jordan trembles at the possibility of its own crisis. Rumblings are felt in Saudi Arabia and in Iran. In none of these places have the uprisings of the Spring produced the full or final reforms sought. In every place, entrenched elites squirm and dig in their heels and try to cling to the privileges and the economic bounties they have controlled for so many decades. (David J. Rothkopf in 'Foreign Policy' magazine - November 25 2011)

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