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Publication Date: April 2005
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Author(s): Amr Hamzawy
Research Area: Politics
Type: Brief
Abstract:
We are witnessing unusual scenes in the Middle East. Mass demonstrations in Lebanon, joint protest rallies of Egyptian Islamists and liberals against the Mubarak regime in Egypt, and municipal elections in Saudi Arabia are just as much features of the current situation as are cease-fire declarations by Palestinian resistance movements and multi-party negotiations for forming a coalition government in Iraq.