Archive for August, 2011

The Arab Spring has had it’s ups and downs. What began with a man lighting a single match in Tunisia, has spread throughout the region like a wildfire, leaving no land unscathed in its own way. In January and February we saw two tyrannical governments topple like a deck of cards as the people of [...]

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In the past week or so, much of the political sphere has been abuzz with the proposed constitutional reforms that come out of several months of deliberation by an assigned 10-member Royal committee. Of the 42 amendements there is little I can comment on. Many of its proponents have suggested that it lays the groundwork [...]

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