Authors:

  • Ishac Diwan

Excerpt

The Missing Conversation: How to Build a Moral Capitalism in the Arab Region. Ishac Diwan, December 3, 2013, Opinion. "The Arab transition countries, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Libya, are grappling with complex issues relating to personal values, the extent of freedom of speech, individual rights, family matters, that all orbit around deep issues of identity and the respective roles of the individual, the state and society. These social conversations are constructive in that they reflect a rich pluralism of views in societies where conformity was the rule under dictatorship..."