Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: Secret reading in Khartoum
One reason why Moroccans voted for the Justice and Development party (PJD) in the November 2011 parliamentary election was that the party put fighting corruption first on its list of promises to Moroccans.
Egypt needs time, but the Maspero martyrs should not be forgotten.
In Sudan, the state security apparatus has adopted a new habit: confiscating and banning books. Authors and rights activists are rightly outraged, but this is helping the growth of a new reading culture in Khartoum.
The coalition government has shown little interest in engaging in an authentic reconciliation between Tunisians with different political allegiances.
The Muslim Brotherhood seems to be worried about freedom of expression, although they must realize that they cannot oppress those freedoms directly.
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: Tahrir Square’s rent-a-thug culture
The Brotherhood should not delude themselves. The fact they have to bus in members from other governorates is the first clue that their strength is not in the urban heartlands.
Now the inaction of the authorities is tarnishing Libya’s reputation worldwide and as a result, frustration on the streets is becoming palpable.
Regime supporters miss no opportunity to accuse the revolutionaries of being extremists or Salafis – conveniently forgetting the role of the regime in bringing the Salafist trend to Syria in the first instance.
The double-faced discourse employed by Ennahda is making it harder to have confidence in their statements.
Whilst there are inevitable irritants to living in such a multicultural society, these are far outweighed by the positive aspects of the interactions that everyone has to experience in their daily lives.
