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May 17, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=13449

Lebanon's Meaning in the Wider Arab Context

(Daily Star-Lebanon) Rami G. Khouri - Having attended all the demonstrations, I am convinced that Lebanon these days represents a historic, unprecedented drive for national self-determination by Arab citizens. Major Western powers that now champion Arab freedom and democracy for half a century installed, anchored, armed, and assuaged the stubborn autocrats whose long reigns have made the Arab world the globe's last nondemocratic region. Lebanon is the first serious example of spontaneous, indigenous Arab political activism to challenge and replace the ugly power structures that have plagued this region.

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