Explainer: 'The Arab street'

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Explainer: 'The Arab street'

Post by Erik_Kowal » Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:47 am

Given the focus on the mass protests currently taking place in the Middle East, in this Slate magazine article Brian Palmer explains the origins of the term 'the Arab street' as a common media metaphor for popular opinion in the Arab world.
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