Tag Archives : Arab World

After 18 days of intense and violent protests that took several cities of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak the dictator, 82, gave up power after leading a dictatorship with an iron fist for 30 years. The announcement was made by Vice-President of Egypt, Omar Suleiman, on state television. Within minutes, hundreds of thousands were celebrating and shouting at Tahrir [...]

Who want an antidote to the photographs of police beat demonstrators and girls dying in the streets of the Iranian capital have to go through the streets of the Moroccan capital. You can see protesters, but they are not targets of attacks. Girls can be seen on the street, but they are not targets of snipers. And they either look like their Iranian counterparts, [...]