Listeners with Arab roots: do you feel a sense of excitement about what's happening in Tunisia? Call in and tell us what it means to you!
Listeners with Arab roots: do you feel a sense of excitement about what's happening in Tunisia? Call in and tell us what it means to you!
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New Tunisian Govt/ Old TunisianGovt;
friendly to US / Israel?
if Egypt Govt falls ; the Brotherhood is next
they kill Coptic & hate US / Israel
They assassinated Sadat.
Shafiq(?) said "the internet is the new tool for freedom". I feel that is a very good thing, however; I feel we should be very vigilant that we do not loose that freedom by allowing the FCC to ok Comcast/NBC merger, as they just did.
Tunisia is taking a step toward democracy, and but N. Sudan will likely move closer toward theocracy now that the South is separate. Is this a break even--assuming that South Sudan is an unknown?
Why callers only from Arab countries? Why not from other African countries?
I just hope that hardline Islamists, with their money and clout, don't rush in and fill the political vacuum created in Tunisia as is now happening in Iraq. Tunisia really seems like a bright spot of free expression in a generally repressive area of the world.
Many groups have been pushing for free open election in Egypt and with this kind of uprising so close to home maybe we will have really democracies develop at home.
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