Throughout the Middle East, Egypt is known as “The Mother of the World”
Suddenly, Al Qaeda’s looking a little less menacing—at least outside of its Afghanistan/Pakistan strongholds.
Millions of Arab people—men and women—will now have a say in the way they want their countries to be run. Let’s hope this tidal wave—the Tunisiami—continues.
The way is not yet entirely clear, but the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions are a huge step forward for representative democracies throughout the Middle East.