'The Invisible Arab' Book link

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/2012214121210448673.html

photos: S.el-Wakil

In the Arab world, the West's interests trump its values 
"The Invisible Arab" Marwan Bishara. 

"Since the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, Western military and political interference has had a role in all major transformations in the Arab world and the region in general. After European colonialism redrew the fault lines and contours of the new Middle East and North African regions, the Cold War reshaped the region with the United States at the helm of interregional and even domestic affairs of most Arab countries. The United States, guided by imperial security doctrines, put itself centre-stage as the most powerful player in the Middle East."

Read more:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/2012214121210448673.html
 
Photos: S.el-Wakil

broken pavements broken spirits                                                         photo:amiraT

Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

The sun rises on anti-government protesters as they collect their belongings and leave Tahrir Square
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/feb/12/egypt-new-dawn-in-pictures 

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