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August 15, 2005
Is Iraq a Litmus Test for Democratic Success in the Middle East
Times Online Guest contributor Amir Taheri, an Arab News correspondent, said in an August 16, 2005 commentary that: The Iraqi constitutional debate has, thanks to the modern media, over-spilt into the whole of the Middle East and familiarized millions of people with terms and concepts regarded as taboo until the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. People are now talking about human rights, democracy, multiparty politics, federalism, gender equality, the place of faith in society, consensus, governmental accountability and, of course, parliaments and elections.
He said, "New words have been invented to express concepts excluded from the Arab political lexicon by the despots." Read more here.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 15, 2005 09:01 PM
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