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The street artists of the Egyptian revolution have made the city of Cairo their theater, with Tahrir Square the centre stage. OWNI looks at some of the images and slogans found on the walls of the city.

The Arab Spring is still in its infancy and yet it is already being heavily used in marketing and publicity campaigns. And more often than not for the worse, as Yves Gonzalez-Quijano explains from Damascus.

Blogging in Libya is a double-edged sword – citizens’ blogs may be censored, and can put people in Gaddafi’s direct line of fire. Yet this communication platform is assisting Libyans in finding their voice during war.

Spanish artist Escif transforms ideals of social change and revolutions into street art.

Pushed from above by corporations and from below by an ever-expanding pluralism, Western democracies – those pinnacles of human progress – are under tremendous stress.

A Twitter revolution is occurring in the newsrooms of media organisations, evident in its increasing importance for journalists covering breaking news stories.

Was Zimbabwe’s Million Citizen March a ploy by the government to catch dissonants? Or is the revolutionary fervor taking hold to boot out dictator Robert Mugabe?

The end of Mubarak’s reign was caused in part by the complex relationships between the Egyptian army and the police. Paul Amar deliver an insightful map of the mechanisms of this revolution and its multiple actors.

Many are wondering if this pro-democracy movement that swept Tunisia and Egypt will spread throughout the rest of the Arab world.

The revolution in Egypt follows a series of similar political revolutions in society, careers, technology – and yes, journalism, which are reforging the way the world works.

The western world perceives the Tunisian revolution as a parallel to the Atlantic Revolutions during the 18th century. Given the historical context, this conflict is not just liberation from domestic forces but also from the post-colonial era.

Do revolutions actually change the political environment? The Ukraine, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan are examined 5 years after their revolutions.