A half-century later, the simultaneous revolts in the Arab world were the result of neither political tendency, instead reflecting broad popular rejection of dysfunctional and corrupt authoritarian governments. But, with Syria immersed in a brutal civil war that has claimed more than 130,000 lives already, Libya on the verge of collapse, and Egypt returning power to the army and proscribing the Muslim Brotherhood, Tunisia has been the only success.
半个世纪后，阿拉伯世界再次爆发同步革命，这些革命并非政治伊斯兰教和世俗立国运动的产物，而是反映了民众拒绝接受失职腐败的集权政府。但是，如今叙利亚陷入了野蛮内战并已经造成130,000多人死亡，利比亚正处于崩溃边缘，埃及权力也回归军方并取缔了穆斯林兄弟会，突尼斯成了唯一的成功例子。