(Washington Post) Scott Wilson and Daniel Williams - The photogenic protests in Beirut were the result of the rising power of a network of political reform movements in the Arab world organized by young, Westernized, and technology-savvy activists who had been attacking the rigid underpinnings of their closed societies for years without much success. Across the region, political reformers are benefiting from the unifying forces of technology and mass media. The foot soldiers are Islamic political activists, Bob Dylan disciples, communists, or Arab secular nationalists - united only in their common desire for fair elections, free speech, and political rights.
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