Streetbook- Hacking the Arab Spring.

Demonstrators in Tunis, Tunisia, on January 20, 2011 courtesy of Tech Review

...something deeper and more universal has been achieved: voice. New ties are being made both virtually and on the street. Social and mainstream media have connected people to each other and to the world. The youth of an entire region are speaking out with whatever tools they have, from social media to feet on the ground. The buds of the Arab Spring are young and still in need of nurturing, but George Washington's observation may still hold true: "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."