I’m tired of listening to the foreign policy experts and political commentators filling our airwaves and newspapers with their perspectives on what’s taking place across the Arab world. I want to hear from the young people in these countries who are the ones mobilizing the demonstrations and...
He devoured books but preferred poetry. He was a passionate soccer fan. He liked smoking and playing cards in the local café. But the harsh reality of 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi’s life was that he couldn’t find a decent job. Desperately seeking to support his mother, aunt, and five siblings,...