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Are Revolutions Transforming the Middle East?
Since dictators were deposed by "people power" in Tunisia and Egypt, there's been talk of an "Arab Spring" that would finally bring an end to authoritarianism in the Middle East and even a flowering of democracy. But in Egypt today, street protests, strikes and sit-ins were criminalized by Hosni Mubarak's military successors.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readSince dictators were deposed by "people power" in Tunisia and Egypt, there's been talk of an "Arab Spring" that would finally bring an end to authoritarianism in the Middle East and even a flowering of democracy. But in Egypt today, street protests, strikes and sit-ins were criminalized by Hosni Mubarak's military successors. We hear more on the possible consequences of revolution there and elsewhere.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Scott Peterson
Christian Science Monitor
Ashraf Khalil
Time magazine
Shadi Hamid
Contributing writer,The Atlantic; senior fellow, Brookings Institution; assistant research professor of Islamic studies, Fuller Seminary; co-founder, Wisdom of Crowds, a podcast, newsletter