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The Friday before last I was at a demonstration in West Amman, the wealthier section of Amman, far from the layers of boxy concrete buildings that carpet East Amman, with its camps and its poverty. There were at least 100 unarmed riot police and perhaps 200 protesters and another 40 journalists observing the activities. [...]
Stormy weather is looming over the Arab Spring of 2011. Revolutions in Tunisia, Jordan, Egypt, and elsewhere are seemingly in limbo as activists attempt to translate democratic ideals into institutional reality. These anti-authoritarian revolutions followed the still simmering “Green” upsurge in Iran. They transgressed national borders, challenged unique notions of identity, and exploded the paternalistic [...]
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