From Juan Cole (Informed Comment), my go-to guy on the Middle East when I need context as opposed to just events -- which is always.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Top Ten Good News Stories in the Muslim World, 2008 (That Nobody Noticed)
We all too often focus only on negative developments, and while it is understandable for people to keep their eyes on impending calamities, obsessing about the bad sometimes causes us to miss good news. We see a lot of that even with regard to the US. For instance, there has been a 23% decline in violent crime over the past twenty years in the US, but people who watch a lot of television (especially, I presume, police procedurals) tell pollsters they think crime has gotten worse. I see significant positive stories in the Muslim world in 2008 that don't get a lot of press in the US, but which will be important for the incoming Obama administration.
For full article:
http://www.juancole.com/2009/01/top-ten-good-news-stories-in-muslim.html
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