Ziauddin Sardar tries to understand the significance of the Arab Spring; Robin Yassin-Kassab spends some quality time in Tahrir Square; Ashur Shamis dodges the bullets of Gaddafi’s henchmen; Abdelwahab El-Affendi traces the roots of the uprisings; S. Parvez Manzoor asks if Turkey is a good model for the Muslim world; Muhammad Idrees Ahmad is overwhelmed by leaks; and revolutionary poetry from Nizar Qabbani, Abu al-Qasim al-Shabi, Ayat al-Qormezi, Naomi Foyle and Tawfiq Zayyad.