As Western military intervention in Libya enters its second week, Kateb Salim takes a look at the reasons behind the unfolding tragedy, and its likely consequences.
In this week's North African Dispatches, Kateb Salim looks at Gaddafi's growingly confident attempts to swing the tide of revolution against his dictatorship. Whilst in Algeria, expectations are high, fuelled by hopes and rumours, that imminent changes are about to be unveiled.
As celebrations took place in Tahrir square today, on the occasion of International Women's day, what was supposed to be a day of unity and celebration turned into a fiasco of harassment and assault. Our Cairo correspondent, Jumanah Younis, who was there, reports.