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A few months ago, I came across this article on openDemocracy, where the author was calling on Arab intellectuals to “spill more ink” and get involved in the political and social crisis that is gripping the region; a powerful and timely call indeed. However, there was no explanation for the absence of Arab intellectuals from the revolutionary scene.
After more than four years since the advent of the Arab Spring, with all its turmoil, the movement has failed to produce its own intellectuals—a process that Edward Said had once commented on saying:
