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Democracy in the Middle East
A roll-back of democracy in the Middle East
Mar 15th 2007
From The Economist print edition
TWO years ago, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt declared that he would allow rivals to run against him in the most populous Arab country's first open presidential election. This was hailed as another sign that political sands were shifting across the Middle East, with power in the world's least democratic region at last beginning to pass from long-ensconced rulers to their restive subjects. Some even talked of a democratic revolution.…
