Annia Ciezadlo - I'm optimistic, though. Now, with the Arab Spring, I think that people in t

I'm optimistic, though. Now, with the Arab Spring, I think that people in the region are beginning to overturn some of these clichÃ©s, and Western editors are starting to catch up. We're seeing some exceptions to the stereotypes, like Elizabeth Rubin's great piecein Newsweek, "The Feminists in the Middle of Tahrir Square." But an article like that shouldn't be the exception. It should be the rule.

- Annia Ciezadlo

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topic: Spring, Optimistic, Thinking, Tahrir Square, Arab Spring