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The Arab Revolts
M. DORSEY, JAMES
M. DORSEY, JAMES
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Two years ago, the scenes in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek resembled those in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in the last 18 months. Mass antigovernment protests demanding an end to autocratic rule toppled the country’s ruler despite attempts by security forces to squash them. Th e protests paved the way for presidential elections contested by a former prime minister under the ancient regime and a host of Islamist and non- Islamist candidates. Th e Kyrgyz voters chose their former prime minister, Almazbek Atambayev as Central Asia’s first democratically elected president. Two years later Mohammed Morsi, a leader of the long outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, was elected president of a post-revolt Egypt. Though the results may be different the elections represent two sides of a fundamental issue that both Central Asia and the Middle East and North Africa are grappling with: the rise of religious parties in their politics and public life.
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