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December 19, 2012

The Myth of the Islamist Winter

Olivier Roy, New Statesman

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Egypt and Tunisia aren’t sliding into chaos -- they are simply learning how to be democracies.

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TAGGED: Middle East, Tunisia, Egypt, Arab Spring

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