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July 11, 2011

Youth Win Where Islamism Failed

David Gardner, Financial Times

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Only six months on and the metaphors are already starting to grate. The Arab spring has entered a long, hot summer and, in the view of some commentators, is headed for the deep freeze...

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TAGGED: Islamist, Egypt, Middle East

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