The Tunisian fruit and vegetable seller who inspired uprisings across the Arab world when he set himself on fire -- is now the subject of a movie. The filmmakers are donating all profits from the film to the man's family setting up a fund to help other young people like Bouazizi.
The Tunisian fruit and vegetable seller who inspired uprisings across the Arab world when he set himself on fire -- is now the subject of a movie. The filmmakers are donating all profits from the film to the man's family setting up a fund to help other young people like Bouazizi.
As recently as December, the outlook for Tunisia remained grim. However, on Friday, French President Francois Hollande and other world leaders attended a ceremony for the formal adoption of a document being praised as one of the most progressive constitutions in an Arab nation. What a turnaround, says an AP article.
Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who became the hero of the Egyptian revolution, on Sunday said he planned to take an extended break from the Internet giant to set up his own NGO in Egypt. He said his technology focused NGO will help fight poverty & foster education in Egypt.
A U.S. ship carrying enough wheat to feed more than one million people for four months was delivered for distribution to the Syrian people. The United Nations World Food Program received the contribution, worth more than $19 million, on April 21 in Beirut, Lebanon. The ship's cargo gave the WFP the ability to add flour to the monthly food basket of more than one million people.
A world away from the chaos, violence and abuses of elections under Hosni Mubarak's rule, Egyptian voters queued in huge, orderly lines on Monday, many still in disbelief that they could now play a part in shaping their nation's future.
Egyptians relished their first free leadership vote on Wednesday, with Islamists pitted against secular figures in a contest unthinkable before a popular revolt swept President Hosni Mubarak from power 15 months ago. No one knows who will win the presidency, but Egyptians are enjoying the historic uncertainty.
A radio station previously used as a propaganda tool for Libyan dictator Qaddafi now broadcasts the rebel rallying cry and highlights a new push to spread the revolution, as "Radio Free Nalut."
Galvanized by anger over the killing of the popular American ambassador here last week, thousands of Libyans marched through this city on Friday, demanding the disarming of the militias that have refused to disband since overthrowing the country's dictator, Col. Gadaffi.
In the largely improvised scramble to set up an alternative to leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime, the Libyan rebels are leaning heavily on Ali Tarhouni, a University of Washington economics professor who abruptly left his family and students to join an uncertain revolution. As finance minister, he even jumped on a fishing boat recently to personally deliver salary money to the besieged city of Misrata in the Gadhafi-controlled west.
Egypt's prime minister says Qatar has agreed to invest $18 billion in Egypt over the next five years. The funds aim to help revive Egypt's battered economy and lure back foreign investment that has all but disappeared since last year's uprising.
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