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6 reasons why Islamists lost, liberals prevailed in Libya:

1) The Gadhafi effect

2) The Egypt effect

3) The Polygamy factor

4) Less Saudi influence

5) The Palestinian factor

6) The foreign intervention factor

Holy Hoax! Radical Islamists call on Egypt to destroy pyramids

Saudi Arabia will send two female athletes to the London Olympics, ending the ultraconservative Muslim country's record of fielding only all-male teams at the games. The decision, announced Thursday by the IOC, means every country competing in London will include women athletes for the first time in Olympic history.  

In Tunisia, an online platform to monitor police abuse; Yezzi [translated as “enough” from Tunisian dialect], is a “cop watch map in Tunisia” which seeks to document and report police abuse ranging from taking bribes, physical or sexual abuse to racism and death threats. The platform was launched by the Tunisian Association for Digital Liberties [known by ATLN from its French Acronym], which deploy new technologies to create online platforms like Yezzi as a way to “help build a democratic, free and open society in Tunisia”.

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