”Unfortunately, most analysts when they ’ve looked at the region have tended to ignore the grassroots. They’ve been very focused on those macro level indicators: is there institutional reform happening? Do we see economic progress? And if we don’t see those things we automatically conclude that the revolutions have failed. But it’s at the grassroots level that most of the really important transformations have occurred, and they’ve happened across a variety of sectors – in the realm of politics, in the realm of art and culture, and even in civically minded technology start-ups.” Maryam Jamshidi 20
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