Why is the Arab world frozen in time? - CNN.com

STORY HIGHLIGHTSKai Bird: Why does Hosni Mubarak still rule in Egypt, royalty in Jordan, Saudi Arabia? Bird grew up in Egypt under Nasser, who envisioned secular path to modernityHe says Nasser's defeat in June 1967 war was a shock to Arab ethos, end to his dreamBird: Jihadists have nothing to offer but a desperate alternative to dictatorships

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