{"id":5427,"date":"2024-03-28T19:30:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T19:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5427"},"modified":"2024-03-28T19:31:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T19:31:37","slug":"secular-liberals-destroyed-the-arab-uprisings-dont-let-it-happen-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5427","title":{"rendered":"Secular Liberals Destroyed the Arab Uprisings. Don&#8217;t Let it Happen Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5427\" class=\"elementor elementor-5427\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8bfd55e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8bfd55e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b3b33f\" data-id=\"2b3b33f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c7c963 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c7c963\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Joseph Massad<\/span><\/p><p><b>Affiliation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Columbia University New York<\/span><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Middle East Eye<\/span><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 14 January 2021\/UK<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Opinion Article<\/span><\/p><p><b>Word Count:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 1672<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/secular-liberals-destroyed-arab-uprisings-dont-let-it-happen-again\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/secular-liberals-destroyed-arab-uprisings-dont-let-it-happen-again<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Keywords:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Secular liberals, Arab Uprisings, Democracy<\/span><\/p><p><b>Brief:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The author argues that in the last three decades, the dictators in the Arab world, their Western supporters, and the secular liberals ruined the Arab uprisings and democracy. For instance, in Egypt, secular liberals asserted that if they failed in a democratic competition with Islamists, that they would prefer to help restore the dictatorship rather than let Islamists rule the country. Furthermore, Joseph Massad criticizes both the Saudis and Emiratis for their support and protection to the local dictatorships since they fear a domino effect in their countries. The author reminds us that economic conditions precipitated the uprisings in Algeria, Iraq, Sudan, and Lebanon; however, the self-appointed liberals in these countries did not learn from the past decades&#8217; failures, and there was no improvement in the economic realities. The author concludes that blame and criticism is brought against everyone except the secular Arab liberals, who are \u201cthe most reactionary anti-democratic force in Arab politics in the last three decades.\u201d Therefore, the lesson is that to accomplish political and economic democracy, it is necessary to dispense with the secular liberals who take over the people\u2019s struggles and uprisings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><b>By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Fadi Zatari, CIGA Senior Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Joseph Massad Affiliation: Columbia University New York Organization\/Publisher: Middle East Eye Date\/Place: 14 January 2021\/UK Type of Literature: Opinion Article Word Count: 1672 Link: https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/secular-liberals-destroyed-arab-uprisings-dont-let-it-happen-again\u00a0\u00a0 Keywords: Secular liberals, Arab Uprisings, Democracy Brief: The author argues that in the last three decades, the dictators in the Arab world, their Western supporters, and the secular liberals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":5428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-perspective-and-critical-research"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Secular-Liberals-Destroyed-the-Arab-Uprisings.jpg",2037,1274,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Secular-Liberals-Destroyed-the-Arab-Uprisings-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Secular-Liberals-Destroyed-the-Arab-Uprisings-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Secular-Liberals-Destroyed-the-Arab-Uprisings-768x480.jpg",768,480,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Secular-Liberals-Destroyed-the-Arab-Uprisings-1024x640.jpg",1024,640,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Secular-Liberals-Destroyed-the-Arab-Uprisings-1536x961.jpg",1536,961,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Secular-Liberals-Destroyed-the-Arab-Uprisings.jpg",2037,1274,false]},"author_info":{"info":["CIGA Staff"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=31\" rel=\"category\">Global Perspective &amp; 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