There will be no new Arab Spring.
The conditions that led to the Arab Spring have only multiplied.
And if Bouazizi was one man who set himself on fire, today, across the Arab states, there are many Bouazizis setting themselves on fire or gambling with their lives in the Mediterranean for a chance to reach Europe.
Just yesterday, a 62-year-old Tunisian woman who made a living selling goods from a small street stall set herself on fire outside the governorate building in Sidi Bouzid, after police assaulted her husband. (Video)
And today, 42-year-old Wahbi al-Khadrawi, a father of two, died after spending 10 days at the Severe Burns Hospital in Ben Arous from setting himself on fire inside the Mohammedia district headquarters in protest over the refusal to grant him a medical treatment card despite his repeated requests.
His family said people were prevented from filming the incident and that his wife was prevented from visiting him. (Photo)
And this is just in Tunisia, and just this week.
There won’t be a new Arab Spring, but something far worse for the regimes that created these catastrophic conditions on every level.
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