What Happens When the Arab Spring Turns to Summer?
Middle East • April 2011 • Views: 517
Nabil Fahmy, Egypt’s former ambassador to Washington, was commenting during a recent visit to the United States about the prospects for the Arab Spring. He cautioned that Americans didn’t understand the weather in his part of the world. For Arabs, he said, it is always either summer or winter…
We are now seeing the full force of that political awakening as it sweeps across the Middle East. How and why did it happen? What similar events have occurred in the past? And what are the consequences for America…?