With all the international attention on Libya right now, the first Arab uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have largely faded into the background. The long slog towards democratic change and the nitty gritty of constitutional amendments was never going to be front page news - and i guess the old power networks in both these states are very relieved about that.
Following the referendum, the Egyptian novelist Alaa al-Aswany neatly sums up the state of play in Egypt right now and the danger signs ahead. Read it here.
