Think of the defining image of the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa – the idea that unites Egypt with Tunisia, Bahrain and Libya.
It has not been, in itself, the celebrations of Hosni Mubarak's fall
nor the battles in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Nor even the fact of Mohammed
Bouazizi's self-immolation in the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid,
which acted as a trigger for all the events that have unfolded.