Did the Arab Spring fail miserably?

Remember that the Arab Spring was just under four years ago. That may seem like a long time, but it's definitely not long enough to judge it as a "miserable failure"--not just yet. read more

In Yemen, the main reason that the Arab Spring failed is that the Houthis, the main representatives of the Zaydi Shiite North, were unwilling to except the Gulf Cooperation Council recommendations of what a post-Saleh Yemen should look like. read more

Let me say it did not fail, but it did not achieve our dreams. and there is a reason for that; people were not well prepared for such spring; their greatest hopes (talking about Egypt) were to stop the aggression of police forces, their maximum demand were to release the Minster of Interior. read more

Tunisia itself remains, precariously, as the country that has achieved most political change since the Arab spring at the lowest human cost. The regime did not fall just because of Ben Ali’s departure. That was just a beginning. read more