Six Months of Revolution and Change in the ‘Arab Spring’

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“Take a picture of this,” one demonstrator said. “Take pictures of everything,” said another. (Photo: Matthew Bell)

It’s six months since popular protests forced the president of Tunisia to announce he was stepping down. That event revolutionized the Arab world. Anchor Marco Werman takes stock of the “Arab Spring” with Steven Cook, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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