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Protests

How Kenya’s Youth, Middle Classes and Working Poor Joined Forces

A Digital Uprising

Protests triggered by the introduction of a tax bill broke out in Kenya two weeks ago. Initially coordinated by young people on social media, they drew in other groups as they spilled onto the streets. Amid the destruction, Kenyans are focused on government accountability like never before.

It Felt Like Love

It Felt Like Love

It felt like love, that initial part of the thawra. Like love, there was a total transformation of consciousness from the solitary I to the rapturous we, only here we was the people, al-shaab, al-shaab al-lubnani.