Saad’s Revolution: Cole at Truthdig

My tribute to Saad Eddin Ibrahim, with whom I studied, is out at Truthdig.

Excerpt:

‘ Saad Eddin Ibrahim has spoken out forcefully on human rights and democracy for decades, and he is finally being vindicated. But his message that the United States needs to support democracy in the Arab world and put aside its paranoia about Muslim fundamentalist movements may be unpalatable to Washington’s elites. ‘

Read the whole thing.